Survey: 500,000 North American Jews Could Immigrate.
Israel Faxx; 7/1/2005
By Ha'aretz
Some 500,000 Jews could potentially immigrate to Israel from North America over the next 15 years, according to a market survey conducted on behalf of the Jewish Agency. The survey, conducted by a U.S. market research company, Harris, is believed to be the most comprehensive study carried out till now on the subject of the immigration intentions of North American Jews.
The poll was carried out among a representative sample from the some 6.3 million Jews living in the United States and Canada. Around 1.5 percent of the respondents (representing some 100,000 individuals) said there was a high chance of their moving to Israel, permanently or temporarily, within the next five years. Approximately 6 percent of the respondents (representing some 400,000 individuals) expressed a willingness in principle to make a permanent or temporary move to Israel. Ten percent of the respondents (representing some 700,000 people) expressed interest in a move to Israel.
Poster Comment:
I've come across other, similar articles about a new, mass immigration of Jews back to Israel. For what it's worth.