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Israel Report Is a Student Publication of 68 Counselors to Dole out Hugs and Words of Support to Widows and Orphans To provide greater exposure to primary Israeli news sources and opinions in order to become better informed on the issues, and to gain a better understanding of the wide range of perspectives that exist in Israeli society and politics. Issue 1006 • May 13, 2016 • 5 Iyar 5776 ON 68TH INDEPENDENCE DAY, ISRAEL’S POPULATION HITS 8.5 A large share, it is safe to assume, do not qualify as Jewish according to the MILLION (Ha’aretz 5/12/16) criteria of the Israeli rabbinical authorities. The Law of Return grants On the eve of the State of Israel’s 68th Independence Day the population automatic Israeli citizenship to any immigrant who has at least one Jewish numbers approximately 8.5 million — more than 10 times what it was when parent or grandparent, is the spouse of a Jew, or has been converted by a the state was founded. The latest figures issued Monday by the Central rabbi in a recognized Jewish community, regardless of its affiliation. But for Bureau of Statistics also show that since last Independence Day, the the Chief Rabbinate, which controls marriage and burial laws in the country, population has grown by 182,000, an increase of about 2.2 percent. that is not always good enough. At the time of the founding of the state the local population was 806,000. To be married or buried in a state-sanctioned Jewish ceremony, Israeli Today the Jewish population numbers about 6.37 million (74 percent of the citizens must be Jewish according to halakha. That is to say, they must be total) and the Arab population,1.77 million (20.8 percent). The remaining 5.2 able to prove that they were either born to a Jewish mother or that they were percent is comprised of non-Arab Christians, members of other faiths and converted by a rabbi recognized by the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. Of the 1.1 those without a religious classification. million Jews who immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union during Since last Independence Day about 195,000 babies were born and about the 1990s, about 350,000 are not halakhically Jewish, and face many 47,000 people died. About 36,000 new immigrants arrived. ongoing challenges as a result. About 75 percent of the Jewish population in Israel are “sabras” – native-born Exactly what share of this year’s 14,507 new arrivals are halakhically Jewish Israelis (over half of them second-generation Israelis). In 1948, at the is not clear. But figures available in the 2015 World Jewish Population report founding of the state, sabras constituted only 35 percent of the Jews in the provide a clear hint – and it probably does not bode well for these new country. At the time, there were about 11.5 million Jews in the world, only 6 immigrants. According to the publication, the number of individuals living in percent of them in Israel. According to the updated CBS statistics for 2014, the former Soviet Union who would qualify for immigration under The Law of there are now about 14.3 million Jews in the world – 43 percent in Israel. Return is close to 900,000 today. However, the number of “core Jews” (a According to the population forecast, in 2035 the population of the State of group that overlaps considerably with halakhic Jews) in the former Soviet Israel is expected to reach 11.3 million. Union is only 285,900 – less than one–third of the total. If a similar, or even remotely similar, breakdown exists among the new 'HUG SQUAD' CONSOLES WIDOWS, ORPHANS ON MEMORIAL DAY immigrants, it would mean that the vast majority are not considered Jewish (Arutz-7 INN.com 5/11/16) by the powers-that-be in Israel. Since the new arrivals from the former Soviet Hundreds of thousands of Israelis flocked to military cemeteries nationwide to Union currently account for close to half of the total immigration to Israel, mourn friends and loved ones Wednesday, as part of Israel's Memorial Day. that, in turn, could mean that a significant share of the total do not qualify as Most Israelis know at least one contemporary who fell in battle or in terror Jewish either in halakhic terms. attacks - and the traditional cemetery visits are punctuated by high emotions. About 2.5 percent of the new immigrants have opted to become West Bank To help heal and bring solace to survivors on this day, the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization (IDFWO) embarked on a unique project: dispatching Israel Report is a Student Publication of 68 counselors to dole out hugs and words of support to widows and orphans. Their mission: comforting children whose parents fell in Israel's many wars. Daniel Zolty, Editor-in-Chief Yonatan Kurz, Moshe Davis, Yosef Segal and Eli Levine, Editors As of May 2016, there are now 9,442 bereaved families, 4,917 widows and We are proud to be distributed by these institutions, though they do not necessarily support or condone 1,948 orphans in Israel. any of the material published: Anshei Chesed Cong., Boynton Beach, FL Hillel at California State University - Long Beach Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies Hillel at Columbia University THEIR FIRST INDEPENDENCE DAY: SOME 30,000 JEWS IMMIGRATED Boca Raton Synagogue, FL Hillel at Johns Hopkins University TO ISRAEL IN THE PAST YEAR (Ha’aretz 5/11/16) Carmel School, Hong Kong Hillel at Yale University Chabad of Oak Park, CA Hillel High School, Deal NJ Since last Independence Day, 29,715 immigrants from more than 90 Cong. Agudath Achim, Bradley Beach, NJ Jewish Center of Teaneck, NJ countries have arrived in Israel, according to the Ministry of Aliyah and Cong. Ahavas Achim, Highland Park, NJ Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi, Cedarhurst, NY Cong. Ahavath Achim, Fairfield, CT Kemp Mill Synagogue, Silver Spring, MD Immigrant Absorption. Cong. Anshe Shalom, Jamaica Estates, NY Mizrachi Shul, Johannesburg, SA While much attention has focused on the thousands of French Jews seeking Cong. Beth Aaron, Teaneck, NJ North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, NY Cong. Beth Shalom, Monroe Twp, NJ Suburban Torah Center, Livingston, NJ refuge in Israel from rising anti-Semitism and a depressed economy, a far Cong. Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, NJ The Learning Shul, Columbia, SC greater number of this year’s newly minted citizens hail from the former Cong. Ohr Torah, Edison, NJ Woodsburgh, NY Minyan Soviet Union – primarily Russia and Ukraine. Cong. Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, NJ Young Israel Bet Tefilah of Aberdeen, NJ Cong. Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, NJ Young Israel of Brookline, MA Ministry of Aliyah figures show that in Israel’s 68th year, a record number of Cong. Sons of Israel, Allentown, PA Young Israel of East Brunswick, NJ 7,054 French Jews moved to the country. Yet more than double that number Cong. Zichron Mordechai, Teaneck, NJ Young Israel of Fort Lee, NJ Cong. Zichron R. M. Feinstein, Brooklyn, NY Young Israel of Hancock Park, CA – 14,507 – arrived from the former Soviet Union, among them 6,880 from Delray Orthodox Synagogue, Delray Beach, FL Young Israel of Holliswood, NY Russia and 6,306 from Ukraine. Taken together, these three countries East Denver Orthodox Synagogue, CO Young Israel of Houston, TX Flatbush Park Jewish Center, Mill Basin, NY Young Israel of New Hyde Park, NY accounted for more than two-third of all immigration to Israel. Harvard University Library Young Israel of North Woodmere, NY So who are these new Israelis-by-choice who will be celebrating their first Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, NY Young Israel of New Rochelle, NY Hillel at Baruch College Young Israel of Sharon, MA Independence Day this week? Where do they live, what do they do, and how Hillel at Brandeis University YI Shomrai Emunah, Silver Spring, MD Jewish are they? Based on existing government and other data, the following We encourage our readers to subscribe to our sources on the internet. For more information or to profile emerges: subscribe by e-mail, reach us at [email protected] 2 settlers. According to Ministry of Aliyah figures, 768 immigrants who arrived A higher percentage of Israelis than Americans own cellphones. in the country over the past year moved to Jewish settlements located In Israel’s first decades, phone access was a luxury. Through the 1970s, new beyond Israel’s internationally recognized borders. The most popular immigrants sometimes waited years to get a landline in their apartment. In settlements were Maaleh Adumim (115 immigrants), Efrat (92), Ariel (87), the meantime, they lined up at the local pay phone with a handful of tokens. Modi’in Ilit (79) and Beitar Ilit (69). Now, 96 percent of Israelis own cellphones, more than the 90 percent in the Of the five most popular destinations for new immigrants this year, four were US. A swarm of Israeli phone companies compete for customers’ shekels, cities on the coast. Topping the list was secular Tel Aviv (3,433), followed by while Israeli technological innovation has made cellphones more powerful. Netanya (3,402), Jerusalem (3,122). Haifa (2,216) and Ashdod (1,657). Since 1948, Israel’s economy has grown even faster than its population. The Among the new immigrants from the West, a plurality identify as Orthodox. country’s GDP in its founding year was $6.6 billion in today’s dollars. Now Figures from the Jewish Agency show that among those arriving in Israel this Israel produces about 44 times as much — nearly $300 billion a year. In past year, 37 percent were Orthodox, 41 percent traditional, 8 percent 2010, the country joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Conservative and 4 percent Reform.
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