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The ultra-Orthodox population makes up only 13% of Israelis, but even in the upcoming elections the ultra-Orthodox factions may be decisive in the question of whether a government will be established in Israel. Where do they live, how many have more than one apartment and how many do they really use the internet? A look at ultra-orthodox society in Israel


Poor but own apartments, surf the Internet and use computers: A look at ultra-Orthodox society in Israel

The ultra-Orthodox population makes up only 13% of Israelis, but even in the upcoming elections the ultra-Orthodox factions may be decisive in the question of whether a government will be established in Israel.

Where do they live, how many have more than one apartment and how many do they really use the internet?

A look at ultra-orthodox society in Israel

Yaki Adamker

10/08/2022

Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 8:52 p.m. Updated: 9:10 p.m.

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"In ultra-Orthodox society there is social capital" (Photo: Flash 90, -)

The elections for the 25th Knesset will be held in less than three months, and the ultra-Orthodox factions in the Knesset may once again become the ones to decide the issue of whether a government will be formed in Israel?

The ultra-Orthodox research company Askaria analyzed the data of the Central Bureau of Statistics in order to examine the way of life of the ultra-Orthodox in Israel.



The ultra-Orthodox population in Israel constitutes only 13% of Israelis, but the ultra-orthodox growth rate is twice that of the secular population, due to a high fertility rate and a young age of marriage and childbirth.

The ultra-Orthodox population in Israel is expected to double its size every 16 years, compared to 37 years in the general population.

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Where do the ultra-Orthodox live?

According to the analysis, the ultra-Orthodox prefer to live in homogenous cities populated mainly by ultra-Orthodox or at least in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods and in ultra-Orthodox areas within mixed cities - 43% of the ultra-Orthodox population lives in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak, and of the ultra-Orthodox who do not live in these cities, 43% are concentrated in only seven central cities.

While Bnei Brak is an ultra-Orthodox city with 92% ultra-Orthodox residents, Jerusalem is a mixed city, and the ultra-Orthodox make up only 29% of all residents and about 50% of the Jewish population in the settlement.



Other cities with an ultra-Orthodox majority are cities that were established since the 1990s for the ultra-Orthodox population, such as Beitar Illit (99.2% ultra-Orthodox residents), Modi'in Illit (99.7%), Racsim (91.2%), Elad (89.3%) and Beit Shemesh ( 69.7%).

There are two other cities where there is a significant ultra-Orthodox population, although it does not constitute a majority, and they are Safed (44.6%) and Nativut (42.1%).

Smaller concentrations also exist in large cities such as Ashdod, Petah Tikva, Haifa, Rehovot, Netanya and Tel Aviv.

These are cities where there is an old ultra-Orthodox settlement that grew stronger due to waves of ultra-Orthodox youth migrating to the city, but despite the increase, it is a small percentage.

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Below the poverty line, but buy an apartment - and sometimes two

More than a fifth of the families in Israel (22%) are below the poverty line, but in the ultra-Orthodox population the rate is double - this is due to the size of the ultra-Orthodox family, the low proportion of working men and the low wages that characterize most of the sector.



However, poverty does not affect life expectancy, which is similar to that of the general population and stands at 82 years.

Thus, for example, the cities with the highest longevity figures in ultra-Orthodox society are Modi'in Illit (85.1 years), Jerusalem (83.2 years) and Bnei Brak (83.1 years).

The figures in Beit Shemesh are similar to the national average, with 82.8 years, and the life expectancy in Beit Illit is only slightly lower than the national average, with 81.8 years.

Studies have examined why poverty and happiness do not affect the index of happiness and longevity in the sector, and found that social capital exists in ultra-Orthodox society - it is built from social support circles that numb the feeling of poverty, and help in a crisis.

60% have a computer at home, 44% are connected to the Internet.

Orthodox students (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The CEO of Askaria, Dodi Dror, explained that "an ultra-Orthodox elder, instead of being cooped up within the four walls of his house for whole days, is required to leave his house three times a day in order to pray.

He meets community and family members who alleviate the feeling of loneliness, and maintains ongoing cognitive activity in Torah studies and prayer."



In ultra-Orthodox society there is a high proportion of apartment buyers. The proportion of apartment buyers (75%) is similar to the percentage of apartment owners in the general population which is 74%, and 8 % of them even owned more than one apartment. The city where the rate of apartment owners is even higher is Modi'in Elit with 83.1%, followed by Beitar Illit with 77.2% of the ultra-Orthodox. In Beit Shemesh and Bnei Brak a similar rate of apartment ownership, 70.9% and 70.7%, Jerusalem closes the list, with 56.1% homeowners, well below the national average.

Car accidents - ultra-Orthodox children are hurt much more

Drivers in ultra-Orthodox society are involved in more traffic accidents than drivers from non-Orthodox Jewish society - 717 per 100,000 licensed drivers, compared to 677.

However, in 2017, 7% of Haredim were injured in car accidents - less than their share in the population.

When looking at the rate of casualties from road accidents in the ultra-Orthodox cities, it is found that Elad and Bnei Brak lead with 0.9 casualties in road accidents per thousand people, followed by Beit Shemesh with a rate of 0.4 casualties, Elad, Nativ and Safed with 0.3 casualties per thousand people and at the bottom are Beitar Illit with a rate of 0.2 casualties and Ridges and elite intelligence with a casualty rate of 0.1 per thousand people.

Orthodox drivers are more involved in traffic accidents (Photo: Flash 90, -)

Also, ultra-Orthodox children up to the age of 14 are seriously injured (killed or seriously injured) in car accidents more than the group of non-Orthodox Jews, mainly as pedestrians.

In 2017, out of 100,000 ultra-Orthodox children, an average of 8.5 ultra-Orthodox children were injured as pedestrians.

Obesity - Orthodox children are fatter

The chance of an ultra-Orthodox youth getting diabetes is 1.5 times higher than a non-Orthodox youth.

The leading city in the rate of diabetes is Netivot with 63 per thousand people followed by Beitar Ilit with 61.2.

At a similar rate, they are followed by Bnei Brak with 56.3, Elad with 56 and Jerusalem with 56.1.

The cities at the bottom of the table, with less than half of the ultra-Orthodox residents with diabetes, are Safed with 48.2% and Modi'in Illit with 46%.

The leading cities in child obesity are Jerusalem, with 32%, Safed with 30%, Beit Shemesh with 29% and Raksim with 28%.

They are followed by Beitar Illit, Bnei Brak and Elad with a similar percentage, which stands at 24%.

The city with the lowest childhood obesity is Modi'in Illit, with 18%.

Haredim surf the internet?

In the ultra-orthodox sector, 60% have a computer at home (compared to 85% in the general sector), due to strict community norms regarding computer use and even more regarding internet use.

The percentage of people connected to the Internet at home is 44%.

However, about 66% use the Internet, probably some of them do it at work or with relatives.

44% percent of families - below the poverty line.

Orthodox praying at the Western Wall (Photo: Reuven Castro)

In Bnei Brak, one of the ultra-Orthodox capital cities, 68% of the ultra-Orthodox use a computer and 71.9% use the Internet, in Beit Shemesh a slightly lower percentage of computer users (66%) but 78% use the Internet.

In Jerusalem, only 57.2% own a computer, but the highest percentage of Internet users is 84.5%.

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