Between two worlds: French Jews at a crossroads
Every normative Jewish family living in France questions its future in the country, according to the leader of an umbrella organization for French immigrants in Israel. “Some 500,000 Jews are at a crossroads. More...
Israeli Government Ends French social services for Immigrants
Starting 2018, some 100,000 French speakers immigrants in Israel, many of whom are new who still do not speak Hebrew, will no longer be entitled to social services in their native language. The French More...
Large dip in number of French immigrants to Israel
The number of Jewish people making aliyah (immigrating to Israel) from France in the first eight months of 2016 has shown a 42 percent decline from the same period in 2015. Even though estimates predicted that More...
From Nice to Israel: ‘I feel at home; it’s my place’
NICE — Rabbi Eliyahou Lanker was born in Nice 59 years ago. At the age of ten, he came to Israel alone at learned at a yeshiva in Bnei Brak. “It’s what I wanted, ” he said, as though More...
Four French Immigrants Indicted in Israel for Multi-million Dollar International Scam
Israel’s state prosecutor on Wednesday indicted four new immigrants from France for an international money scam costing five European companies about $10 million, the Associated Press reported. Prosecutors More...