@Gemer9094
I remember hearing some years ago about a successful Isreali politician who ran on a platform of making sure than schools did not start before 8:00 in the morning making all parents very happy.
@ArtiumLifshin
Thanks! As an Israeli secular Jew (Hiloni) that recently had my first child I think the reasoning at the end isn't very accurate. I think there is a cultural momentum in Israel that makes us having more children. Having children is the norm, almost as going to army or university. Not going to army/university/have-kids is going against the societal norms. It might sound a lame explanation but I think it captures the experience around me. I can give you another example which is similar to having kids. You can look around the young backpackers statistics around the world. Israeli 22-24 years old are exceptional in most places like India/South America/Australia. That's because having a big trip abroad for 3-6 month after you finish army is another thing that is normal to do. If you try to approach this rationally you can say people likely want to decompress after their military service. But in reality most of the military roles aren't quite stressful/eventful. And people are doing it because their friends are doing it and it is fun. On top of it being a norm to have multiple kids there are additional reasons. If you have a kid you don't want him to be alone. So you must have at least two kids. Then once you have two and you realize you are at around 40 years old and that kind of the last chance to have one you might just have another one since they are so cute. Also since having kida is a norm you bose understands you. It is ok to go pick your kids at 1530. It is ok if you need to take sick leave few times a month during the winter. That's really helps. Also I have travelled a lot. Had lots of fun. Have a career. Just keep doing that same is kind of boring, kids give you new purpose to life. And lastly they make you kind of oxytocin high which is really nice. So the main question is how come having kids isn't the norm elsewhere in the world. To me it sounds kind of depressing.
@idanzamir7540
You hit the nail on the head on the last point. Sub-consciously I feel like all Israelis think "my line didn't survive 2000 years of diaspora and reestablished our state only to end here"
@dariusonly1384
One small point on the origins of Ashkenazis: we were primarily in Eastern Europe not because of the HRE, but because of Poland-Lithuania. They (as well as the Ottomans for Sephardic Jews) were the most tolerant society in Europe at the time, so Jews fleeing persecution in Western Europe (France, England, Germany) went to Poland Lithuania. This population was then all over Germany and Russia after the partition.
@tanler7953
Another example of high fertility in a situation of competition between population groups was New France, where from 1660 to 1760, they were trying to outgrow the British-governed 13 colonies. The British colonies could rely on abundant immigration, the French could not. The birth rate in the French colony was estimated at 30% higher than in France itself. Although birth rates in Quebec remained high after the conquest they were not as high as Upper Canada's. That reversed once again in the late 19th century as birth rates in Ontario fell. French-speaking Catholic areas did not show a decline until the 1960s.
@Niko-ri4rs
Oh boy, I have been waiting for this one lol!
@dshevach77
Israeli here, born in Brazil, with family originally from Morocco and Lebanon, married with two kids (wife born in brazil, whose grandparents were from Poland and Ukraine), I come from a traditional/religious background, she comes from a completely seculuar, we are both 33. While living in Brazil we planned on having one maybe two kids, since we moved to Israel, 7 years ago, we already had two kids and now we are planning on having at least two more. Its funny but the streets and houses are full of live, evrerywhere you look you see alot of kids, where I live, the building is half religious half secular and we are the couple with lowest anount of kids as everyone else has between 3 and 6.
@rachel-po5rm
Ive always been fascinated by the secular fertility rates in Israel and love the breakdown.
@vojtechsulc5899
Another brilliant piece from my favourite countryman. :)
@nettagoldng
I am Israeli, a woman, work full time, am a university graduate, am secular, and have 5 children.
@albertalu4583
Theory: Certain groups have higher fertility due to mortality salience as they have an urge to pass kn their genes if they are constantly reminded of the possibility of death. We see this occupationally as healthcare and military personnel have higher fertility We see this internationally as places with higher mortality rates have more children and safer places have less We see this right now as COVID 19 pandemic caused a small baby bump in the US.
@victormeidan1062
It is like a permanent state of post-war baby boom.
@BigBoFromBtown
Very well done video. You did your homework
@davidaway753
I am the youngest of seven children, and my mom is also one of seven children, I don't know how we survived, but we are doing well, cheers from Israel :)
@izzyposen2092
Kudos for a well-researched and accurate presentation of a complex topic. I've seen so many try and get key details wrong. But your work, sir, is exemplary. Thanks!
@YotamHakim24
Israeli here: great video, deep understanding of our country. I'd like more information on the age of first childbirth, it's important for the full undestanding of the figures.
@zombieat
israel jumped from 137th place in 1950 to the 58th place in 2023 in fertility rate. that is simply unparalleled by any other country in fertility.
@dreamer2260
Powerful, emotionally resonant statement and phrasing from 34:18. Gave me goosebumps. I've often thought similarly myself.
@jobloluther
2022 TFR for Jewish women in Israel: Overall TFR: 3.07 Breaking it down further: Haredi TFR: 6.38 Non-Haredi TFR: 2.46 Within the Non-Haredi category, TFR by sectors is as follows: - Religious: 3.77 Traditional: 2.8 Traditional Lite: 2.22 Secular: 1.98
@kaiserbauch9092