The number of Israelis who committed suicide rose by 65 percent in the past year. According to Labor and Social Affairs Minister Zevulun Orlev, who announced the statistic at the Knesset on March 27, 100 more people committed suicide in 2002 than in 2001.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
