Demographics

We have seen the future, and it looks Orthodox

The Orthodox are younger, have larger families and harbor more conservative views than the declining majority, writes the American Jewish Committee's director of publications.

By Lawrence Grossman September 18, 2017 12:22 pm

Israeli population 10 times larger than at state’s founding

In the past year alone, Israel’s population has grown by 182,000, or 2.2 percent, thanks to a birthrate that exceeded the death rate, as well as the arrival of 36,000 immigrants.

May 10, 2016 5:05 pm

Pew: 48 percent of Israeli Jews want Arabs out of country

Coming just three years after Pew's much-discussed report on American Jews, a new study of Israelis depicts a country sharply divided by religion and ethnicity.

March 8, 2016 6:10 am