More than 7,900 French Jews made aliya in 2015, up 10% from the previous year, when the western European nation became the leading source of immigrants here with 7,000 olim.

More than 40 percent of French Jews are interested in making aliya to Israel, according to a new poll released this week. Pollsters at the Institut français d’opinion publique spoke with more than 700 self-declared Jews, asking them about their preferences regarding a range of issues. Among the findings: 43% are thinking, or have thought about, immigration to the Jewish state. Given France’s approximately 700,000 Jews, that means that around 200,000 people are mulling aliya.

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