(Ynet News) Eitan Goldstein - 206 French Jews arrived in Israel aboard a special Aliyah (immigration) flight organized by The Jewish Agency for Israel in partnership with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption and Keren Hayesod-UIA on Wednesday. This is the largest Aliyah flight from France this summer. Half of the new immigrants were teenagers, children, and toddlers who will join the Israeli education system at the end of the summer vacation. The immigrants also include several families in which three generations-grandparents, parents, and children-made Aliyah together. French Jewish immigration to Israel has surged since 2012 when only 1,900 people immigrated from France to the Jewish state. In 2015, 7,800 immigrants arrived from France - the most ever. In total, nearly 10 percent of the French Jewish community has immigrated to Israel since the year 2000, half in the past five years alone.
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