Israel and Mickael Nadjar

Mickael Nadjar: TEL Israel -- With a degree from the prestigious HEC Paris business school, five years at a global consulting firm, and a three-floor "dream apartment" in the French capital 10th arrondissement, Mickael Nadjar had a comfortable and prosperous life in his native France. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "I would not raise my children in France," said Nadjar, 32, who now lives in Tel Aviv gentrifying Florentin neighbourhood. "When I was growing up, to say you're a Jew in France wasn't a problem. Now, I'm not so sure." An outdoor cafe in Netanya, Israel. Some 7,000 French Jews emigrated to Israel in 2014. Four years ago, he left it all behind and headed for Tel Aviv. While he initially came to lead a business project in Israel, Nadjar ended up staying because he was tired of the daily frustrations and slights endured by practising Jews in France. After the Paris attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket this month, Nadjar says, more friends have started contemplating a similar move. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.