Jewish immigration from France to Israel increased by 49 percent in the first nine months of 2013 compared with last year.
Through September, 2,185 French Jews immigrated to Israel, compared with 1,469 immigrants during the same time frame in 2012, according to Jewish Agency for Israel figures. The number of immigrants who arrived from France to Israel during the whole of 2012 was 1,907.
On average, Jewish immigration to Israel from the rest of the world under the Law of Return showed an increase of 1 percent during the first nine months of 2013. In total this year, 13,905 people had immigrated, or made aliyah, through September, according to the Jewish Agency.
But Jewish immigration from North America has dropped by 8 percent, to 2,524 new arrivals in 2013, in contrast to the 2,737 who came in January-September 2012. — jta