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
