God said, "Be fruitful and multiply", but we in the West said, "Oh, no, we have to give our children every possible material benefit, so we can only afford two or one or none at all!" And now we are being eliminated by our own selfishness and foolishness, and God was right after all. I'm glad Israeli women are having children. I hope sanity will soon return to the West.
The Arabs who call themselves Palestinians can not make a better future until they give up the ideology (and "martyrdom") and accept living peacefully with Jews/Israel.
This is a great analysis but it is important to mention one problem with it highlighted in today’s Middle East Forum. While Aliyah has gone up as antisemitism has grown in the West more people are leaving Israel than arriving. Granted that this may only be a temporary phenomenon caused by the war and many of those who have left may return— and why wouldn’t they since the West has become an antisemitic hellhole with weaker economies than Israel’s—still that remains an unknown. Moreover the MEF cites a recent study from Tel Aviv University that shows many of those who are leaving are from the professional classes, doctors, engineers and so forth but the overall numbers of emigrants is still relatively small and not catastrophic.
Israel is winning this war and it is stretching out mainly because of American indecision. When the war is over hopefully most of those who have left will return. There is Jewish culture in the diaspora but only in Israel is there a living Jewish civilization. If you want to live Jewishly Israel is the best place to be.
This article would be more relevant if it discussed the Haredi effect directly, instead of skirting around the issue. Israel is sitting on a demographic time bomb that will be the end of the Zionist State if our leaders don't address the problem in a manner that ensures one equal undivided state for all of her citizens.
Thank you for openly admitting that Israel is acting illegally in the West Bank. Now if Israelis could stop attempting to destroy health care for infants, maternities and new-born wards in Gazan hospitals that would be some small moral progress. Thanks.
Don't bother responding to Eriksson. Check out his Substack photo. Of all the photos he could have picked, he picked the one wearing headphones. Looking deeper, probably 6 or so restacks within the past 24 hours, all anti Jew. Guess he's proud that he has nothing better to do than scroll and troll.
Funny how it's always people without any picture who want to slate people with ones. Forgive me for not knowing that a photo wearing headphones is a crime. Thank you for making clear how substantive you're capable of being. Leading with an aesthetic criticism and a lie... not a great tactic.
The idea that Israel's birth rate is "just the ultra-Orthodox" is a myth that falls apart the moment you look at the numbers. Israel's total fertility rate is about 2.9 — the highest in the developed world, when the OECD average is 1.7. Yes, Haredim average around 6.5 kids, but they're only ~14% of the population. You don't get a national rate near 3.0 out of a 14% minority.
What actually makes Israel unique is the rest of society. Secular Israeli Jews sit right around 2.0, essentially replacement level — something no other secular Western population comes close to. The recent rise in Israeli fertility over the past two decades was driven by the secular and traditional populations — Haredi fertility has actually been falling (7.5 down to 6.5).So no — it's not the Orthodox propping up the numbers. It's an entire society, secular included.
BTW 78% of Israeli kids (grade 6-12) walk to school every day-% of US kids walk to school daily-9%
"BTW 78% of Israeli kids (grade 6-12) walk to school every day-% of US kids walk to school daily-9%"
Growing up in NYC back in the 1950's I walked 20 city blocks or a mile each way to school
I live in Montana and students get bussed up to 45 miles one way to some of our schools. Israel is densely populated - the populated part of Israel is the size of my Montana county so walking to school is not hard. Try walking 90 miles a day to school and back.
I have come to believe that much of the West noticed nothing beyond its own nose.
God said, "Be fruitful and multiply", but we in the West said, "Oh, no, we have to give our children every possible material benefit, so we can only afford two or one or none at all!" And now we are being eliminated by our own selfishness and foolishness, and God was right after all. I'm glad Israeli women are having children. I hope sanity will soon return to the West.
The Arabs who call themselves Palestinians can not make a better future until they give up the ideology (and "martyrdom") and accept living peacefully with Jews/Israel.
This is a great analysis but it is important to mention one problem with it highlighted in today’s Middle East Forum. While Aliyah has gone up as antisemitism has grown in the West more people are leaving Israel than arriving. Granted that this may only be a temporary phenomenon caused by the war and many of those who have left may return— and why wouldn’t they since the West has become an antisemitic hellhole with weaker economies than Israel’s—still that remains an unknown. Moreover the MEF cites a recent study from Tel Aviv University that shows many of those who are leaving are from the professional classes, doctors, engineers and so forth but the overall numbers of emigrants is still relatively small and not catastrophic.
Israel is winning this war and it is stretching out mainly because of American indecision. When the war is over hopefully most of those who have left will return. There is Jewish culture in the diaspora but only in Israel is there a living Jewish civilization. If you want to live Jewishly Israel is the best place to be.
This article would be more relevant if it discussed the Haredi effect directly, instead of skirting around the issue. Israel is sitting on a demographic time bomb that will be the end of the Zionist State if our leaders don't address the problem in a manner that ensures one equal undivided state for all of her citizens.
Thank you for openly admitting that Israel is acting illegally in the West Bank. Now if Israelis could stop attempting to destroy health care for infants, maternities and new-born wards in Gazan hospitals that would be some small moral progress. Thanks.
Shove your BS. BTW, it's Judea and Samaria.
Don't bother responding to Eriksson. Check out his Substack photo. Of all the photos he could have picked, he picked the one wearing headphones. Looking deeper, probably 6 or so restacks within the past 24 hours, all anti Jew. Guess he's proud that he has nothing better to do than scroll and troll.
Not a single restack of mine is anti-Jew in fact.
Funny how it's always people without any picture who want to slate people with ones. Forgive me for not knowing that a photo wearing headphones is a crime. Thank you for making clear how substantive you're capable of being. Leading with an aesthetic criticism and a lie... not a great tactic.
Those are later, smaller, regional colonial names for tiny areas within ancient Canaan.
The idea that Israel's birth rate is "just the ultra-Orthodox" is a myth that falls apart the moment you look at the numbers. Israel's total fertility rate is about 2.9 — the highest in the developed world, when the OECD average is 1.7. Yes, Haredim average around 6.5 kids, but they're only ~14% of the population. You don't get a national rate near 3.0 out of a 14% minority.
What actually makes Israel unique is the rest of society. Secular Israeli Jews sit right around 2.0, essentially replacement level — something no other secular Western population comes close to. The recent rise in Israeli fertility over the past two decades was driven by the secular and traditional populations — Haredi fertility has actually been falling (7.5 down to 6.5).So no — it's not the Orthodox propping up the numbers. It's an entire society, secular included.
BTW 78% of Israeli kids (grade 6-12) walk to school every day-% of US kids walk to school daily-9%
"BTW 78% of Israeli kids (grade 6-12) walk to school every day-% of US kids walk to school daily-9%"
Growing up in NYC back in the 1950's I walked 20 city blocks or a mile each way to school
I live in Montana and students get bussed up to 45 miles one way to some of our schools. Israel is densely populated - the populated part of Israel is the size of my Montana county so walking to school is not hard. Try walking 90 miles a day to school and back.
You're welcome and I appreciate the many things I learn from you.