Since the influx of North African Jews into France, 32 new Jewish communities have been formed in Paris and its suburbs, the Paris Jewish Consistoire reported today.
The Consistoire data also showed that there were at present some 3,400 Jewish children receiving Jewish instruction in 51 different areas in greater Paris, plus another 350 getting religious education from Jewish chaplains in French Government secondary schools.
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