The Jerusalem Post spoke to four families making aliyah from France.
The Jewish Agency and Aliyah Ministry said that over 7,000 new Aliyah applications had been opened in France in 2024 compared to 1,200 the year prior.
Levy explained that many of the fears around rising antisemitism were exaggerated, and said that he had never encountered antisemitism himself.
The incident drew national outrage, with French President Emmanuel Macron attacking the vandals for undermining the memory of French heroes and the victims of the Holocaust.
The number of antisemitic incidents across France has quadrupled and the situation has been steadily deteriorating for two decades, he said. The atmosphere towards the Jews is sometimes “unbearable.”
The video shows the effect of antisemitism on French Jews through the eyes of a non-Jewish family friend.
An Education Ministry investigation found no grading bias in French Jewish students' Baccalaureate exams, despite the school's legal claims of unexplained lower scores suggesting discrimination.
Previously, Jews were sensitive to any whiff of right-wing xenophobia, even against other groups. But today, these communities have greater fear of hostility from surging Muslim communities.
The changing face of Europe leaves the Jews of Europe with no way out; they have but one insurance policy: Israel’s Law of Return.
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