Population

Understanding genetic testing and its importance to the Jewish community

As the CEO of jscreen.org, Dr. Matt Goldstein, MD, PhD, focuses on providing accessible genetic testing to empower individuals with critical, potentially life-saving health insights.
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Average height in Israel and how it compares to neighboring countries

Israelis enjoy Rosh Hashanah fair at a social complex in Jerusalem, September 19, 2025

Rosh Hashanah 2025: Israeli population crosses 10 million ahead of Jewish New Year

Israelis walk their dogs on haBima Square in Tel Aviv. September 17, 2025.

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


What can the government do to decrease housing costs? - analysis

With inflation on the rise in Israel, what actions could be made by the government in order to stabilize the rapidly rising cost of housing?

 View of a costruction site in the central Israeli city of Be'er Ya'akov, February 22, 2022.

Israel's housing prices reach highest in 12 years alongside soaring CPI

The latest CPI statistics reveal that inflation is Israel is nowhere near plateauing.

 Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked and Zeev Elkin, Minister of Housing and Construction attend a press conference, presenting new reform on housing, at the Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem, June 12, 2022

World population to reach 8 billion this year - UN

Still, the UN warns that populations are decreasing worldwide • by 2050, senior citizens will outnumber children for the first time in world history • Guterres: "our world is in peril"

 PEOPLE SUNBATHE on the beach in the Italian town of Stintino, at the tip of Sardinia, Italy. The island is one of the Blue Zones, where a large segment of the population lives beyond 100.

Jerusalem's Jewish residents becoming more religious - CBS

The Central Bureau of Statistics released statistics on Jerusalem's ever-diverse population ahead of Jerusalem Day on Sunday.

 Haredim protest in Jerusalem against the conscription of ultra-Orthodox youth into the army.

World Jewish population nears pre-Holocaust numbers at 15.2 million

On the eve of the Holocaust in 1939, the World Jewish population numbered 16.6 people.

Birkat Kohanim at the Western Wall in the shadow of coronavirus

Israel’s seventh census launched

Israel’s Census Bureau will survey roughly 700,000 people – 7% of Israel’s population – on demographic-related questions, such as age and education level.

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog reviews the seventh census.

Israel's population at nearly 9.5 million as it enters 2022

About 25,000 new immigrants (olim) arrived in Israel in 2021, 5,000 more than last year.

 Thousands of Israelis walk on the beach boardwalk in Tel Aviv on Israel's 73d Independence Day, April 15, 2021.

US population grew at record low rate in 2021, in part due to COVID-19

'The slow rate of growth can be attributed to decreased net international migration, decreased fertility, and increased mortality due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic,' the Census Bureau said.

A nearly deserted 7th Avenue in Times Square is seen near midday in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 7, 2020

Environmental awareness: The land is full... of people

How do we save the environment in Israel? According to Prof. Alon Tal: Have fewer children!

 Prof. Alon Tal: Keeping us cleaner

Jerusalem: Who is coming and who is leaving? - new data

The percentage of young people aged 18-24 who visit Jerusalem on the weekends is the highest, at 54%.

 Residents visiting Jerusalem on a weekday