 | Noah Lewin-Epstein, Yaacov Ro'i, Paul Ritterband - Immigrants - 1997 - 574 pages
...decision-making process. 2. The Israeli and Zionist establishment made tireless efforts to fight this phenomenon. The start of the Soviet Jewish exodus to Israel •was...other countries of migration would be unforgivable. There was another reason for this virulent fight against the dropout phenomenon. Occasionally Soviet... | |
 | Gershon Shafir, Yoav Peled - History - 2002 - 420 pages
...department of immigration and absorption, "the start of the Soviet Jewish exodus to Israel [in the 1970s] was considered an historic opportunity to increase...other countries of migration would be unforgivable." Therefore, "on a number of occasions [in the 1980s] the government of Israel ... expressed its concern... | |
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The start of the Soviet Jewish exodus to Israel was considered an historic opportunity to increase the Jewish population of Israel, build the nation and strengthen Israel's social fabric and cultural foundations. To forfeit such an opportunity by letting... 