Demography of israel

National-religious men overrepresented in IDF reserves as haredim stay absent, IDI analysis finds

National-Religious men were found to have increased in service substantially from the start of the war until 2025, while the participation of secular men decreased the most of any group.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV
THE ZIONIST identity didn’t overcome the Jewish identity, nor did the opposite occur: An IDF soldier puts on tefillin.
Israelis walk their dogs on haBima Square in Tel Aviv. September 17, 2025.

More Israelis emigrated than arrived over past year, CBS report reveals

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s population stands at approximately 10.148 million, after passing the 10 million mark in the last year.

|ByAVIHAI CHIIM
An Orthodox family in Jerusalem’s Sacher Park

Family size and structure are rapidly changing in Israeli society, Taub study finds

Although the marriage rate here is similar to that in other high-income countries, Israel is more similar to neighboring developing countries in terms of birthrate than to high-income ones.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
THE GROOM breaks a glass, the traditional conclusion of a Jewish wedding ceremony. We have witnessed a narrowing of ethnic gaps and greater intermingling of Ashkenazim and Mizrahim, perhaps most significantly in ethnic intermarriage, says the writer.

The role of ethnicity in Israel after 75 years - opinion

Only about 5% of Israelis rate ethnic cleavage as the main source of tension in Israel - stronger by far are tensions between Arabs and Jews or Right and Left.

|ByUZI REBHUN

‘Self-ghettoization’ in the State of Israel

In Israel, we are afraid of the other, of those that are different than us.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015ByALAN FELD
A Jewish youth wears a 3D printed kippa made by computer science Prof. Craig Kaplan of University of Waterloo in Ontario

Fight using aliya, not concessions, says Hotovely

The deputy foreign minister says “Israel has to return to its vision of ingathering of the exiles."

JUNE 9, 2015ByHERB KEINON
New immigrants from Ukraine make aliya, December 30, 2014

Some 38% of families in Tel Aviv don’t have children, report reveals

Some 1.91 million families living in Israel, 300,000 in Arab sector.

FEBRUARY 17, 2015ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
THE TEL AVIV skyline

Israel's elderly population to double by 2035, statistics bureau says

CBS report finds that 10.6% of the population is over the age of 65.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
An elderly woman. [illustrative]