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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32673-2004Dec28.html
Grants, Job Help, Other Incentives Draw Jews to New Lives in Israel
(Washington Post) - Mary Beth Sheridan Nearly 3,000 Jews from North America have put down roots in Israel this year - "a number we didn't see for a generation," said Michael Landsberg of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Many factors are behind the increase, ranging from a recent abatement in violence in Israel to a post-9/11 sense among Americans that they could be targeted anywhere, Jewish groups said. But this is also a triumph of marketing: Israelis are eagerly reaching out to North American Jews, offering everything from financial incentives to help in cutting red tape.