Israel is prepared to receive more than 3, 000, 000 Jews now living in Russia “with open arms,” Ted R. Lurie, editor of the Jerusalem Post told a gathering of the Canada-Israel Chamber of Commerce here.
Mr. Lurie, here as a guest of the Canadian government, said there are about 2, 700, 000 people now living in Israel and the country is facing economic difficulty, due, in part, to the drop-off in new housing. The housing industry’s output, he said, had been cut to one-third of last year’s level, with the reduction in the number of immigrants entering the country. Skilled building trades workers, he added, have to be retrained for employment in other sectors of the economy.
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