Wealthy French Jews Fleeing Europe Over Anti-Semitism
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
reads Lady Liberty’s welcome. Every year since New York City’s founding, tens of
thousands have crossed over the Atlantic to trade in their European chapeaux for
American caps.
(NY Observer) This year, New York has increasingly become home to one particular population seeking American status: Jewish Frenchmen.
Marlen
Kruzhkov, an attorney at New York’s Gusrae Kaplan, specializes in helping Jews
make the move from France to the States. Mr. Kruzhkov explained to the Observer
in a phone interview that this migration has increased massively since the
beginning of 2014, spurred by a spate of anti-semitic incidents, which only
worsened with the war between Israel and Hamas.
While last year he helped a handful of families with legal arrangements, today he is handling the arrangements of several dozen families—parents with children—looking to make the move. The families Mr. Kruzhkov works with are predominantly well-off investors, with an average net worth of $50 to $70 million. These dollars come along for the all-American ride.
As any good lawyer does, Mr. Kruzhkov begins his conversations with the families he represents by asking, "Why this, why now? Why do you want to be here and invest here?" Unanimously, the answer is French anti-Semitism.
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(NY Observer) This year, New York has increasingly become home to one particular population seeking American status: Jewish Frenchmen.
Marlen
Kruzhkov, an attorney at New York’s Gusrae Kaplan, specializes in helping Jews
make the move from France to the States. Mr. Kruzhkov explained to the Observer
in a phone interview that this migration has increased massively since the
beginning of 2014, spurred by a spate of anti-semitic incidents, which only
worsened with the war between Israel and Hamas. While last year he helped a handful of families with legal arrangements, today he is handling the arrangements of several dozen families—parents with children—looking to make the move. The families Mr. Kruzhkov works with are predominantly well-off investors, with an average net worth of $50 to $70 million. These dollars come along for the all-American ride.
As any good lawyer does, Mr. Kruzhkov begins his conversations with the families he represents by asking, "Why this, why now? Why do you want to be here and invest here?" Unanimously, the answer is French anti-Semitism.
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Obama is doing his best to make this nation like the European nations from which these folks are fleeing.
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