French Jews in Israel
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French Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the French Jewish communities, who now reside within the state of Israel. They numbered over 200,000 as of 2012.[1]
Today, most
Although French Jews have migrated to Israel since the formation of the state in 1948, immigration has increased since 2000 due to antisemitism. Over ten percent of the French Jewish community emigrated to Israel between 2000 and 2017.[3]
History
From 2000 to 2009, more than 13,000 French Jews made aliyah, largely as a result of growing antisemitism in the country. A peak was reached in 2005, with 2,951 olim. However, between 20–30% eventually returned to France.[4] After the election of Nicolas Sarkozy, French aliyah dropped due to the Jewish community's comfort with him. In 2010 only 1,286 French Jews made aliyah.[5]
By 2012, some 200,000 French citizens lived in Israel.[1] During the same year, following the election of François Hollande and the Jewish school shooting in Toulouse, as well as ongoing acts of anti-semitism and the European economic crisis, an increasing number of French Jews began buying property in Israel.[6] In August 2012, it was reported that anti-semitic attacks had risen by 40% in the five months following the Toulouse shooting, and that many French Jews were seriously considering immigrating to Israel.[7] In 2013, 3,120 French Jews immigrated to Israel, marking a 63% increase over the previous year.[8] In the first two months of 2014, French Jewish aliyah increased precipitously by 312% with 854 French Jews making aliyah over the first two months. Immigration from France throughout 2014 has been attributed to several factors, of which includes increasing antisemitism, in which many Jews have been harassed and attacked by a fusillade of local thugs and gangs, a stagnant European economy and concomitant high youth unemployment rates.[9][10][11][12]
During the first few months of 2014,
In January 2015, events such as the
Hours after an attack and an ISIS flag was raised on a gas factory
With the November 2015 Paris attacks committed by suspected ISIS affiliates in retaliation for Opération Chammal, some Israeli media sources claimed more than 80 percent of French Jews are considering making aliyah while others noted that French Jews realized that not just Jews but French people in general were now indiscriminate targets of jihadist terrorism.[25][26][27] In 2015, a total of 7,835 French people moved to Israel.[28] This dropped to about 5,200 in 2016 and 3,500 in 2017.[29][30] In 2019, 2227 people immigrated from France, a 7.8% decrease from the 2018 immigration figure of 2416 total immigrants.[31][32]
Notable people
- Sarah Adler, French-Israeli actress[33]
- Dov Alfon[34]
- Jonathan Assous[35][36]
- Yoni Chetboun[37]
- Riff Cohen[38]
- Daniel Cukierman (born 1995), Israeli tennis player
- Patrick Drahi
- Michal Escapa
- Nadav Guedj, Israeli singer and actor
- Emmanuel Halperin
- Sharren Haskel
- Yael Naim, Israeli-French singer-songwriter[39]
- Rudy Rochman[40]
- Gilad Shalit[41]
- Amir Haddad, French–Israeli singer
See also
- Aliyah
- France–Israel relations
- French language in Israel
- History of the Jews in France
- Jewish ethnic divisions
References
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- ^ Petersberg, Ofer (23 May 2012). "Is crisis bringing French Jews to Israel?". Ynetnews. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "French Anti-Semitic Attacks Up by 40 Percent". CBN. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "Immigration to Israel Rises by 7% — Led by French". Forward. December 29, 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ Sam Sokol (2014-03-30). "Jewish Agency touts French aliyah increase". Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "2014 Sees Sharp Rise in French Immigration to Israel". The Forward Association, Inc. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ Yaakov Levi (30 March 2014). "312% Rise in French Aliyah in First Months of 2014". Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ Marcus Dysch (March 31, 2014). "Hate fears push French aliyah to new high".
- ^ Josh Hasten (April 7, 2014). "French anti-Semitism and French aliyah skyrocket on parallel tracks". Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "74% of French Jews Consider Leaving Country". Forward. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ Moshe Cohen (2014-06-22). "Jewish Agency: 'Dramatic' Rise in French, Ukraine Aliyah". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ Dan Bilefsky (June 20, 2014). "Number of French Jews Emigrating to Israel Rises". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ Ronen, Gil (22 September 2014). "Ahead of New Year, Aliyah Hits 5-Year High". Israel National News. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ 24,800 new immigrants arrive in Israel in 5774 - Retrieved 22 September 2014
- ^ "Jewish Agency-affiliated think tank composes aliyah plan for 120,000 French Jews". JTA News. January 25, 2015.
- ^ "Aliyah plan prepares for 120,000 French Jews". JWeekly. January 29, 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Israel Gains With Influx of French Jewish Entrepreneurs". Bloomberg. January 22, 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ Raziye Akkoc and Henry Samuel (26 June 2015). "Grenoble attack: Man found beheaded and Islamist flag raised above factory in France - latest". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Come home!' Israeli minister urges French Jews amid terror wave". Times of Israel. June 26, 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Israel's Absorption Ministry Plans for Influx of French Jews". Algemeiner. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Cohen, Shimon (16 November 2015). "80% of French Jews considering aliyah". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ Amanda Borschel-Dan (15 November 2015). "French now realizing they, and not just Jews, are targets". Times of Israel. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ Shitbon, Shirli (14 November 2015). "For French Jews, a New Reality: Under Attack for Being French, Not Jewish". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Large dip in number of French immigrants to Israel". 10 August 2016.
- ^ "User-friendly aliya".
- ^ "Between two worlds: French Jews at a crossroads". 27 January 2018.
- ^ TABLE 2 - IMMIGRANTS, BY CONTINENT AND SELECTED LAST COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE (PDF) (Report). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ Immigration to Israel 2019 (PDF) (Report). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. July 26, 2020.
- ^ Halutz, Doron; Melnikov, Ilya (Dec 16, 2011). "There's something unusual about Sarah Adler". Haaretz. Tel Aviv, Israel. Retrieved Oct 28, 2013.
- ^ Interview with Dov Alfon in David Remnik: "The Future of Israeli Newspaper Haaretz" The New Yorker, Feb 28, 2011
- ^ Israeli teams tell Diaspora Jews: Make aliyah, for soccer's sake! - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com
- ^ Spunder, Or (January 24, 2008). הקשר ג'ונתן אסוס מועמד למכבי ת"א (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
- ^ Meet the MK: Yoni Chetboun, Lahav Harkov, Published: 13.02.2013
- ^ Entre Paris Et Tel Aviv. Haaretz (in French)
- ^ Shechnik, Raz (29 July 2008). "Yael Naim makes the cut". Ynetnews. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
- ^ L'Chayim (2017): Rudy Rochman.
- ^ *Spencer, Richard (19 October 2011). "Israel: Gilad Shalit 'joked with military doctors over health'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.