According to the JTA,citing a report from the Jewish Agency for Israel, 2015 was a year of steady immigration for Jews making aliyah, and in particular those from France,Russian, and Ukraine, or where violence—in the form of deadly terrorist attacks or regional clash—was prevalent throughout the year.
This year, 7238 French Jews made aliyah under Israel’s law of return; for the second year in a row, the population with the highest number of olim.This represents a 10% percent increase over 2014’s numbers (during the period of January 1 – December 1). Presumably affecting this number is a much reported undercurrent of anti-Semitism in France, and including the Hyper Cacher murders in January,and the terrorist attacks inParis final month.
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