"Dave" wrote
"Vito" said:

I don't understand what you're saying here. Are you saying that US Jews
today do or do not have an interest in moving to Israel?

None of my friends ever considered it despite some lucrative offers to
retiring military - especially Old Crows. They say "It's a nice place to
visit but ....."

Your experience differs from mine. Many hold dual citizenship, spending a
great deal of time in both countries. And even among those with no desire
to
leave, the existence of one country that must take them in if conditions
here deteriorate for them is a great comfort.

True. Like I said a nice place to visit but ....

I'd suggest a trip to Eastern Europe before making a call about
"comfortable.". Visit the ghettos of Prague and Krakow, and investigate
some
of the rural areas of Poland and the Ukraine.

"Comfortable" is relative. Many Euros stayed home rather than come to
America. These places seemed better than the alternative until Nazis and
Commies came along.

Large numbers were leaving Eastern Europe long before anybody ever heard
of
Hitler. My wife still harbors a great distrust of Poland, Russia and the
Ukraine based on what she heard from her parents, aunts and uncles, all of
whom left before the 30s.


To go to Palistine? I thot most, just like the Irish and other non-Jewish
Euros looking for a better life, came here.