Jews in France
JPPI Webinar: The Ongoing Unrest in France
Violence in France is not deemed antisemitic, but concerns about a potential right-wing backlash arise.
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French Election: Fillon May Have Lost in France, but He Won in Israel
By Judy Maltz, Haaretz Despite the long lines evident outside polling stations around Israel on Sunday, figures made available by French diplomats in the country show that voter turnout among French-Israelis in the first round of the presidential election was no higher than usual and that the conservative Republican Francois Fillon was by far the preferred candidate among the four…
Drop in French Jews’ immigration to Israel ends record-setting boom
By i24NEWS Jerusalem think-tank suggests investing in mechanisms to better integrate new arrivals into Israeli society The number of French Jews immigrating to Israel this year is expected to drop by 40 percent, according to a new assessment published Monday, ending a three-year boom which saw France for the first time overtake the United States as the number one provider of…