Israeli study earmarks economically imperiled Brazil as best source of educated young Jewish immigrants

Should Israel be seeking to bolster

Should Israel be seeking to bolster its Jewish talent, it should focus its attention on Brazil, a new study suggests, where economic hardship and security issues are propelling young Jews to emigrate.

The research, conducted at the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research at the Technion, in Haifa, focused on 12 cities with a significant Jewish diaspora population. They are located in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, South Africa, France, Ukraine and Russia. Brazil’s Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, which are home to most of the country’s Jews, are the most promising in terms of encouraging emigration to Israel, the paper said.

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