(JTA) — Jewish immigration from France to Israel reached an all-time record of 6,655 newcomers, in the first 11 months of 2014.
The figure, which appears in a Jewish Agency document compiled this month, may guarantee that France will be this year’s number one source for aliyah, or immigration by Jews and their relatives to Israel.
The previous record was set in 2013, with 3,293 French newcomers.
Aliyah in the first 11 months of 2014 from France, which has a Jewish community of 500,000, was more than double the 3,191 olim who came to Israel during the whole of 2013 from North America, …read more
Source: JTA
