Jewish immigration to Israel has increased by 31 percent in 2021 so far, according to data released Sunday by the Immigration Ministry and Jewish Agency ahead of a national day on Tuesday to celebrate people making the move.
According to the data, the largest number of Jewish immigrants this year has been from Russia (5,075) despite a 5% decrease in the number coming from that country since last year.
There have been 3,104 new immigrants to Israel from the United States, an increase of 41% on the first nine months of 2020.
Additionally, 2,819 new immigrants moved to Israel from France (up 55%), 2,123 from Ukraine (up 4%), 780 from Belarus (up 69%), 633 from Argentina (up 46% ), 490 from the United Kingdom (up 20% ), 438 from Brazil (up 4% ) and 373 from South Africa (up 56%).
There were 1,589 immigrants from Ethiopia, thanks to Operation Tzur Israel, a government initiative to bring members of the country’s Jewish community to the country.
Read more at Times of Israel.
{Matzav.com}
These numbers are meaningless to those of us who hope that the increase will help make Israel a viable option for frumme yidden (with the current anti-chareidi mindset, it’s unfortunately hard to consider it that at this time). We want to know how many religious Jews are in those numbers. From the sources of emigration listed, it doesn’t sound so good…