Israel Gains With Emigration of French Jewish Entrepreneurs

[King_David]

With a degree from the prestigious HEC Paris business school, five years at a global consulting firm, and a three-floor “dream apartment” in the French capital’s 10th arrondissement, Mickael Nadjar had a comfortable and prosperous life in his native France.

Four years ago, he left it all behind and headed for Tel Aviv. While he initially came to lead a business project in Israel, Nadjar ended up staying because he was tired of the daily frustrations and slights endured by practicing Jews in France. After the Paris attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket this month, Nadjar says, more friends have started contemplating a similar move.

“I would not raise my children in France,” said Nadjar, 32, who now lives in Tel Aviv’s gentrifying Florentin neighborhood. “When I was growing up, to say you’re a Jew in France wasn’t a problem. Now, I’m not so sure.”

Since his move, Nadjar has obtained Israeli citizenship and launched a technology startup that employs six people. His trajectory indicates an expected influx of French Jews to Israel may have an economic impact that goes beyond better baguettes and increased imports of Bordeaux grands crus.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-22/israel-gains-as-france-loses-entrepreneurs-among-persecuted-jews.html

[msongs]

1. and there will be lots of places for them to live, "taken" from palestinians nt

[GoneFishin]

2. Which is why I view certain media spin of certain events through the lense of "who stands

to gain from the way the media narrative is being delivered?".