Smaller Jewish communities across the country are looking to grow numbers by enticing people away from big cities. Community recruiters make it happen
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inyamin Teitelbaum spent much of the spring handling calls from prospective homeowners asking about the local eiruv taxes job opportunities and more. Teitelbaum though isn’t a realtor but a community recruiter one of a growing number whose goal is to help families make one of the biggest decisions of their lives.
Many of those initial contacts take a similar track says Teitelbaum a member of the Cincinnati kollel. Either the husband or wife will call and say “Hi I saw your ad [in Mishpacha magazine or elsewhere] and want to hear more about Cincinnati. We’ve been considering moving out of town and want to learn more about it.”
Oftentimes the questions they ask will also echo one another. “I get asked most about the level of chinuch in town which is baruch Hashem an area our community invests heavily in. They also ask about the price of housing which is affordable and the type of people who comprise our community which is fantastic ” he says.
According to the US Census Bureau from 2012 to 2013 35.9 million people in the United States moved residences. Spurred on by lower housing costs family-related concerns and job opportunities they packed up and headed elsewhere. More than 4 million of those surveyed moved more than 200 miles from their previous home.
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