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two factors in Israel might explain 1) immigration - of course Israel grants the right of every Jewish person to live in Israel, in fact paid an incentive to r
by hunglee2 5y ago
two factors in Israel might explain
1) immigration - of course Israel grants the right of every Jewish person to live in Israel, in fact paid an incentive to relocate. Presumably there a constant inflow from the Jewish diaspora and their descendants which might supplement the population
2) orthodox families, I'm guessing, have outsized families. Where women do not participate in the market economy, they end up having lots of kids instead
Again, no idea on the percentage contributions of either of these cases, but it might go some way toward explaining Israel's countervailing trend!
- unmole 5y ago> Where women do not participate in the market economy It's not just women. Somewhere around half of Haredi men do not work.
- User23 5y ago> Somewhere around half of Haredi men do not work. Or, stated less pejoratively, somewhere around half of Haredi men devote their lives to scholarship.
- Siira 5y agoScholarship which has produced what findings?
- unmole 5y agoOr stated more practically, somewhere around half of Haredi men are given handouts by the state to do no productive work.
- scsilver 5y agoIsrael is a lifeboat not an office.
- unmole 5y agoWell the boat won't be able to go anywhere if an increasing number of the occupants refuse paddle. Also, gentle reminder that more Jews live in the US than in Israel.
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- tsol 5y agoI mean I'm not a huge fan of Israel due to their history, but to say that the religious scholar class in Israel does no productive work is strange. Just because they don't make anything you can sell for a profit, doesn't mean they don't add very real value to people's lives
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- weberer 5y agoHow do they get money?
- unmole 5y agoHandouts from the state. Haredi tend to be very non-consumerist so they make do with little money.
- liveoneggs 5y agoI encountered (but did not shake hands with! ;) a lot of conservative women with 5+ kids in the workforce while in Israel. Much more than men, where I encountered less strict observance. It was a pretty interesting culture difference.