ONE-THIRD OF FRENCH JEWS ARE THINKING OF MOVING TO ISRAEL

Survey: 60,000 French Jews want to move to Israel
By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent

Some 60,000 French Jews are interested in immigrating to Israel, according to Bar-Ilan University research conducted by Dr. Arik Cohen.

The research was based on questionnaires given to the 125,000 Jewish tourists from France who visited the country in the past summer. They constitute a third of the total population of French Jews.

Of those asked, 52 percent said they see their future in Israel. Half of those aged 15-18 said they had personally experienced instances of anti-Semitism in the past four years. A third of the youth said they are considering immigration to Israel in the near future.