ISRAEL HAYOM
by Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger
September 4, 2015

While the Jewish state enjoys a robust Jewish demographic tailwind of fertility and immigration, Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, is burdened with a Jewish demographic headwind of emigration, which is eroding the current 66% Jewish majority. The growing, youthful Jewish emigration from Jerusalem is driven by the scarcity of jobs as well as costly and limited housing. It was triggered — beginning in the 1990s — by Israeli prime ministers who relegated Jerusalem to a lower national priority, in sharp contrast to their predecessors. READ MORE

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