Orthodox Jews Are Fleeing Brooklyn for Florida

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Orthodox Jews are fleeing Brooklyn for places like Florida because of the promise of good jobs, cheaper housing, a unique school choice system, “low taxes, and good governance,” according to a North Miami Beach, Florida, doctor.

“For decades Orthodox Jewish families have migrated to Florida from the Northeast in a steady trickle,” Dr. Allen Jacob, a nephrologist, wrote in on the opinion pages for The Wall Street Journal. “They joined local families, retirees, snowbirds and tourists.”

But now there is “an unprecedented wave of Orthodox Jewish families moving to South Florida: education choice, low taxes, and good governance,” according to Jacobs.

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