Aliyah of Jews from France to Israel rose 49% since beginning of 2013

PARIS/JERUSALEM ( EJP ) ---2,185 Jews from France immigrated to Israel during the first nine months of 2013, a rise of 49 % compared to the same period of 2012 when 1469 French Jews made aliyah, figures released by the Jewish Agency for Israel show.

This increase is particularly significant because at the same time immigration worlwide under the Law of Return worldwide showed an increase of only 1 percent during the first nine months of 2013. In total, 13,905 people immigrated, according to the Jewish Agency.

Jewish immigration from North America has dropped by 8 percent, to 2,524 new arrivals in 2013 from the 2,737 who came in January-September 2012.

Of the immigrants to Israel this year, 3,188 Jews arrived from Western Europe — a 26 percent increase from the same period last year.


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