The Paris attacks shocked France to its core, plunging the country into a sense of vulnerability felt most acutely in the Jewish community. <br /><br /> The nation’s response to it reflected a potent mix of emotions combining fear, anger, patriotism and defiance. The atrocities unleashed unprecedented mass displays of unity among France’s multiracial and religiously diverse population.<br /><br /> However, while much of the country continues to engage in profound soul-searching and fevered debate many French Jews appeared to have already identified a very definite course of action to take – leave. <br /><br /> Last year some 7,000 French Jews emigrated<br />, more than twice the figure of 2013. Many cited a fear of rising antisemitism as the main reason and chose Israel as their destination. <br /><br /> For many Jews the Kosher supermarket attack, in which four people died, transformed an unnerving perception of antisemitism into a terrifying and inescapable reality. Now the emigration trend is expected to accelerate. <br /><br /> In this
