Some 19,200 Jews made aliyah in 2013, a slight rise over the 18,940 who
immigrated in 2012, according to the Jewish Agency for Israel.
France saw 3,120 Jews leave for Israel,
marking a huge 63% increase over the 1,916 who came in 2012. The
increase is believed to reflect a well-documented swelling of anti-Semitic incidents in the country.
The phenomenon was not limited to France.
Western Europe as a whole saw a 35% increase in aliyah in 2013, driven
by a 46% increase from Belgium and a 57% increase from the Netherlands. A
poll released in November indicated that a full 75% of self-identifying Jews in Western European countries have considered emigrating because of anti-Semitism.
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