buh bye!! - ed.
For six years, Laurie Turnof worked long hours as an assistant vice president at Lehman Brothers; her career was her top priority.
But after the company's meltdown last year, Turnof decided she needed a change of direction. First she went on a six-month tour of southeast Asia that took her to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Now, back from her travels, the 28-year-old New Yorker is planning to move to Israel.
"I go there about every other year and I've always enjoyed it," Turnof told JTA. "So now I have this opportunity and I said, well maybe I'll go."
Turnof, a native of Holmdel, N.J., plans to fly to Israel in December to look for a job in micro-finance and then immigrate. She's thinking about moving to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, where she has friends.
Turnof is among a number of American Jews who are experiencing the recession as a catalyst for aliyah, or immigration to the Jewish state.
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