The State of Israel in Numbers

In case, in the holiday rush, you missed these 5776 Jewish New Year tidbits, here we go. They're from the Sept 11, 2015 Haaretz (Hebrew).

1.      Israel’s Population Hits 8.4 Million on Eve of Jewish New Year

2.      Of these 6,300,000 are Jewish

3.      28,000 people immigrated to Israel (nine percent from the United States)

4.      70 percent of Jewish Israelis believe in God – obviously including the majority non-Orthodox population

5.      63 percent want public transportation on Shabbat

6.      55 percent want civil marriage

7.      In terms of happiness, 59 percent of secular Israelis, 64 percent of traditional Israelis, 74 percent of Orthodox Israelis and 78 percent of ultra-Orthodox Israelis say they are happy.

8.      51 percent of Israeli Jews eat kosher exclusively.

9.      42 percent support single-sex marriage

10.   28 percent prefer SMS to using the telephone

11.   Only 47 percent of Israelis are happy with their jobs

12.   59 percent prefer home cooking to restaurant eating

13.   14 percent said they're thinking about emigrating

14.   27 percent have been in therapy- 3 percent are currently in therapy

15.   32 percent prefer spending time on the Internet against 18 percent who prefer TV

16.   34 percent told surveyors they are "right now" reading a book

17.   About seven percent of Jews are vegetarian  (3 percent vegan)

18.   82 percent self-define as "Zionist"

19.   42 percent say they have sex at least once a week