French jews aliyah

Israel needs an emergency plan to absorb French Jews after Macron's Palestine recognition - opinion

Macron’s statement to recognise a Palestinian state alarmed France’s Jews, already on edge since Oct 7, driving aliyah interest— but without a proper plan, Israel may miss this rare opportunity.

 France's President Emmanuel Macron, July 10, 2025.
 French Jews arrive in Israel for Aliyah, August 1, 2024.

Even in the shadow of the war, 31,000 new immigrants arrived in Israel this year

 French Jews arrive in Israel for Aliyah, August 1, 2024.

'It pushes us more': French Jews tell 'Post' of how antisemitism forced them to make aliyah

 French Jews arrive in Israel for Aliyah, August 1, 2024.

Defiant of Iranian threat, over 150 French Jews immigrate to Israel


From Paris to Jerusalem, with love

Thousands turn out for mega-event celebrating French aliya.

NEWCOMERS, VETERAN IMMIGRANTS and native Israelis party in the capital’s Sacher Park on Thursday.

JPost Editorial: French aliya

Israel needs to do more to encourage French Jews, many of whom have undergone an Israelization process even if they continue to live in France.

 French New Immigrants Departing from Paris for Israel

New French immigrants: ‘We don’t see a future in France anymore’

81 immigrants arrive on first IFCJ aliya flight of summer.

SIX-YEAR-OLD Sarit Ben-Hanni shows the colors of her new country, in an IFCJ-run activity in Jerusalem yesterday. (

Nefesh B’Nefesh: New York Jews’ interest in aliya this year ‘highest ever’

NBN aims to bring 4,000 North American olim in ’16.

RACHEL (LEFT), ABBY and Bentzion Raice attend the aliya fair in New York Sunday

Poll: 43% of French Jews interested in aliya

More than 7,900 French Jews made aliya in 2015, up 10% from the previous year, when the western European nation became the leading source of immigrants here with 7,000 olim.

A new immigrant at Ben-Gurion airport kisses the tarmac as he makes aliya

Bill to ease conditions for immigrant dentists, medical professionals heads to final vote

Dentists who have been working for at least 5 years would be exempt from taking a test; Certified occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech therapists and dietitians will be able to practice.

Nurse writing prescriptions (illustrative).

MKs step up efforts to make sure French immigrants’ degrees are recognized

In the last three years, 1,594 medical professionals moved to Israel, mostly from Russia, Ukraine, US and France.

Potential French olim at aliya fair in Jerusalem, March 11, 2015

Nos ados sur la mauvaise pente

La crise d’adolescence s’exacerbe avec l’aliya. Les ministères de l’Intégration et des Affaires sociales mobilisent donc leurs troupes. Objectif : prévenir la déscolarisation des adolescents issus de l’immigration française, en quête d’identité, afin de prévenir leur dérive

Les ados olim fragilisés

Terrorism doesn’t strike only once

As a survivor of the Hyper Cacher shooting in Paris, Patrice Oualid says his body and heart are wounded forever, but his philanthropic Lev Tov organization offers him a sign of hope.

A memorial for the slain victims of the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket attack in Paris last January. Due to the sensitive nature of his personal story, Oualid declined to be photographed for this piece

Jewish French lawmaker: Accept French degrees or I will act to prevent aliya

French MP slams the unnecessarily-difficult accreditation process that forces French academics to "wait tables or work in call centers in order to earn a living."

A French and Israeli flag are seen during a 2001 demonstration in Paris.