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Israel offers Anglo doctors $60,000 in immigration incentive
By Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Anglo Jewry, Israel 

Jewish doctors from the U.K., U.S. and Canada who immigrate to Israel will receive an absorption package worth $60,000, the government and the Nefesh B'Nefesh immigration organization announced Monday.

The initiative is part of a joint venture by the absorption and health ministries and Nefesh B'Nefesh intended to reverse the trend of Israeli doctors being lured abroad by bigger salaries.

"Nefesh B'Nefesh has identified a national strategic need of immediate urgency and is honored to channel itself to bolster the number of physicians in Israel," said Rabbi Joshua Fass, co-founder and executive director of Nefesh B'Nefesh.
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According to recent statistics, Israel's current rate of 3.4 doctors per 1,000 people is estimated to drop to 2.5 doctors by 2025.

Plans to open a fifth medical school in Israel are underway and the initiative's organizers say the package, which will be given in addition to the regular absorption package offered to immigrating Jews, will help address the expected dearth.

Physicians under 40 who have completed their medical studies in either North America or Britain will receive $25,000 upon arrival in Israel. Over the next few years, they will be paid between $1,000 and $1,500 a month.

Applicants are promised shortened procedures to receive their medical and driver's licenses. In return, they must commit to work in Israel for at least nine months a year. Over the coming months, Nefesh B'Nefesh plans to launch a campaign among Jewish doctors in the Diaspora to promote the program.

Health Minister Yacov Ben-Yizri said that it is "important to encourage every Jewish doctor in the Diaspora to immigrate and offer his skills. It is of the utmost importance to have doctors immigrate, and I promise that the Health Ministry will do everything it can to help this blessed campaign."

Absorption Minister Jacob Edery added: "The shortage in the number of doctors over the next decade requires us to make a joint effort, and that is why the Absorption Ministry has joined the program. It will give funds and additional aid to ensure that the [doctors] are absorbed as well as possible into the Israeli health system."

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      2.   Racism clear as bell - why not Russian, Polish or Ethiopian Drs? 04:27  |  Steve Katz 15/01/08
      3.   anglo doctors 04:47  |  victor 15/01/08
      4.   Steven Katz is a moron 05:48  |  Steven Davis 15/01/08
      5.   I can`t wait to go. 05:58  |  Canadian Med Student 15/01/08
      6.   Doctors 05:59  |  Reuven 15/01/08
      7.   What about me? 06:05  |  C`est Moi 15/01/08
      8.   Racism Card played Funny people 06:25  |  Levi 15/01/08
      9.   Waste of time 07:07  |  Dr. Robert Frosch 15/01/08
      10.   Western doctors are better- and the guy paying the bill decides 07:12  |  JD 15/01/08
      11.   Anglo Docs 07:33  |  Jim 15/01/08
      12.   S KATZ.Why Anglo Doctors? Advertising your total ignorance 07:43  |  PETER SM 15/01/08
      13.   Agism and Wrong for so many reasonns 07:53  |  Daniel 15/01/08
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      15.   Israeli Medical Students 08:28  |  Ann 15/01/08
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      17.   Dr R Frosch.rthere are MANY happy Drs. who have made Aliyah 08:41  |  PETER SM 15/01/08
      18.   They will all go to TA 08:48  |  Jonathan 15/01/08
      19.   This is so racist! 08:56  |  Mark Smith 15/01/08
      20.   This will tempt only third rate doctors 09:03  |  Natallie Durson 15/01/08
      21.   Incentives to keep doctors here 09:05  |  Elana 15/01/08
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      27.   Doctors in US make tons more money 09:42  |  Susan 15/01/08
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