A total of 57,000 Jews arrived in Israel from Russia between Jan. 1971-May 1973 and another 1966 Jews left the Soviet Union in the same period and opted to go to countries other than Israel. Louis Pincus, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive told a meeting of Israeli editors and correspondents here. The Jewish Agency assisted the Jews coming to Israel and the others were aided by Joint Distribution Committee and Hias, Pincus reported.
He said that 365 of the Jewish emigres from Russia have left Israel to date and of that number 91 have gone to Vienna with the intention of returning to the Soviet Union.
Pincus, who addressed the journalists at Beth Sokolow Friday, said that Israel must redeploy its absorptive capacities to meet the needs of the large number of Jewish professionals and academicians immigrating here. He noted that Jewish society has proportionately more academics than any other society. He said that 40 percent of the immigrants arriving from Russia are academicians.
Ten Jews have been elected to Federal or State Parliaments in Australia. Three Jews will serve in the Federal Parliament–Joseph Berinson. Barry Cohen and Dr. Moss Cass.
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