A recent report by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research indicates that Israeli emigration to Europe is revitalizing long-declining Jewish communities there. For decades, Jewish emigration flowed in the opposite direction, but this reversal is changing cultural and demographic landscapes. Dr. Daniel Staetsky notes this as a significant turning point, as many European communities that faced shrinking populations due to low birth rates are now growing. As of now, Germany boasts the largest Israeli-connected Jewish community in Europe, with about 24,000 individuals, challenging previous rough estimates of their numbers.
The founders of the state of Israel would never have imagined that it would be Israel that would be rejuvenating European Jewish communities, not the other way around.
We can say that culturally and demographically there is a real turning point. Possibly the end of an era, said Dr. Daniel Staetsky, the report's author.
Recent Israeli government statistics show accelerating emigration from Israel, driven by factors including political polarisation, the high cost of living, and security concerns.
Researchers at the IJPR found about 630,000 Jewish people born in Israel or who had lived there for a significant time are now living elsewhere in the world.
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