Jerusalem’s Jewish population has reached 400,000 out of 560,000 residents, or 72 percent of the city, according to new statistics released by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.
Since the start of the new wave of aliyah, Jerusalem has absorbed some 35,000 new immigrants. Some 75 percent of the new immigrants said they were satisfied with their absorption in the capital.
Despite these encouraging figures, the new statistics point out that 5,600 more people left the city than came to it last year.
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