Tag: Demographics of Israel

Some 3,000 men and women leave Haredi society every year, and some 35,000 thousand young men and women ages 20-39 have left Haredi society in recent years.

Still, the Jerusalem District, which includes Beit Shemesh, is expected to remain the beating heart of the Haredi public, with their number growing from 360,000 to 915,000.

In 1972, fewer than 6% of Israelis held an academic degree. In 2018, on average, 15% do.

Israelis study more years than in other OECD countries, and the percentage of people with higher education is high, but the quality of Israeli education is low, resulting in low productivity and low wages. Ouch.

"There is a specific flaw in the law concerning our Druze brothers which must be rectified, but the law itself is essential and will remain in place."

52% of Jews believe that it would be better for Jews and Arabs to live separately so that the Jews can preserve their Jewish identity – while 77% of Arabs do not want to live separately.

Secular and Haredi Jews prefer separate neighborhoods; Ashkenazi and Sephardic, Rightist and leftist, live well together.

Despite the delightful news regarding how much longer Israelis are living, in terms of their country's resources for their care the picture is less encouraging.

About 189 thousand babies were born in Israel in 5776, and an estimated 46 thousand passed away.

The food co-ops operate as social business ventures, offering consumers significantly less expensive groceries and investing profits in local social empowerment initiatives.

Arab terrorists choose easily-identifiable Israeli targets, focusing on Zionist, hareidi-religious settlers and soldiers.