This study examines the relationships between certain characteristics and motivations of return migrants from the U.S. to Israel. Characteristics are those bearing on “success” as measured by level of education and occupation. Motivations are classified by developing and operationalizing the push-pull model for explaining migratory selection and movement. The data show that return migration from the U.S. to Israel is nonselective and that remigrants are motivated mainly by the attraction of the country of destination. A subclassification of the push-pull dichotomy reveals that: (1) the decision of the more successful return migrants is primarily influenced by occupational opportunities back home; (2) the less successful are motivated chiefly by patriotic attachment and loyalty to the home country. The predictive value and policy implications of the results of this analysis are indicated.