French jews aliyah

French political turmoil may affect olim with restrictions on transferring money out of country

According to Sankar-Langa, France's economic crisis is a significant factor behind growing interest in aliyah, no less than antisemitism.

Immigrants from France are welcomed to Israel at Ben-Gurion Airport in August.
The Jewish Agency Chairman Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog (far right) and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer with a new Olim family from France, August 3, 2026.

‘Power of Zionism’: Israel welcomes 140 new immigrants from France, including 80 children

 France's President Emmanuel Macron, July 10, 2025.

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

 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


The French medical brain drain: Why are so many doctors leaving for Israel?

Agency officials say the average rate of disappointed returnees to France from 1990-2014 was 10 percent but that the number has dropped since.

Dr. Michel Alimi (second from the right) with a team of other French medical professionals.

French immigrant nurses protest against red tape in government

Elisabeth Ranassier, a registered nurse from France with 17 years of experience, does not work in her profession here because of the red tape.

A women speaks to a nurse (illustrative photo)

‘French Jews in Hebron best answer to UNESCO’

More than 1,000 French Jews paraded through Hebron under the hot August sun on Wednesday to the beat of loud religious music.

PARTICIPANTS IN the annual Hebron march show the flag, with the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the background

My word: The Macron phenomenon

What happens in the elections for the National Assembly next month will have a role in determining the direction that Macron is able to take the country.

PEOPLE HEAD to a polling station in the French consulate in Jerusalem to vote in the presidential elections.

The French Jewish Quandary - What to do, What to do? A Follow Up

The Jerusalem Post

‘I found more meaning here’

A last-minute decision to visit the country profoundly changed the course of a young woman’s life.

Levy with her cousin, who encouraged her to come to Israel, in 2014

Should I stay or should I go? French Jews and the prospect of aliya

Aliya from France remains high, but has failed to live up to the numbers Israeli officials expected following terrorist attacks on Jewish targets.

Largest French aliya flight of the summer lands in Israel, July 20, 2016

French aliya climbs amid rise in antisemitism

French delegation leader: Our work is to make young people feel part of a Jewish future.

FRANCE’S JEWISH AGENCY employees and participants pose in front of the Eiffel Tower.

A chacun son indépendance

Olim et entrepreneurs ? MATI relève le défi et aide les nouveaux immigrants à monter leur société

Campagne publicitaire à destination des Olim de France

French lone soldier joins IDF after year-long struggle

34-year-old Zarka immigrated to Israel in 2015, but due to his age was refused by the IDF, even on a voluntary basis.

Yoni Zarka