Shay Hajj Yosh is the head of the regional government center (photo - Public Relations)
About 147,199 Holocaust survivors and victims of anti-Semitic harassment during the Holocaust live in Israel today, compared to 165,800 last year.
This is according to the data of the Central Bureau of Statistics published today (Sunday) in preparation for the Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust and Heroism in Israel, which will be observed starting tomorrow evening. The CBS also published the findings of the survey they conducted about the situation of the Holocaust survivors in Israel and the situation of the Jews in Israel and in the world.
According to the latest CBS data for the end of 2022, 61% of all Holocaust survivors are women and 39% are men. About 38% of the survivors were born during World War II (aged 77-83), about 40% of the total survivors aged 89- 84, and the other 22% are over 90. 50% of all Holocaust survivors are widowed, 37.7% of them are married, 10.3% are divorced and about 2% are single.
The data was taken from the Authority for the Rights of Holocaust Survivors, which also recognizes the status of the Iraqi residents who were present at the Farhud events in June 1941, and the residents of Morocco and Algeria who experienced restrictions on employment and place of residence during the Vichy regime - and were exposed to the Nazi regime.
Holocaust survivors by country of birth and Holocaust survivors by period of immigration and country of birth (photo: official website, Central Bureau of Statistics)
The social survey for 2021
In a survey conducted by the CBS in 2021 and published today, Holocaust survivors were asked to respond about their satisfaction with life,
the feeling of loneliness and depression
they experience, the frequency of their communication with friends and the extent of their religiosity.
Satisfaction with life
from the CBS data shows that about 87% of Holocaust survivors are "satisfied Very" or "satisfied" with their lives, about 81% of the survivors are "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with their financial situation and about 94.2% of the survivors are "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with their relationship with their family members.
These data are in line with the rate of life satisfaction among all Jews and others aged 76 and over living in Israel.
Feeling of loneliness and depression
17.3% of Holocaust survivors said that they often feel lonely, compared to 12.6% of all Jews and others aged 76 and over.
46.8% of them felt depressed and 10.2% felt depressed often, compared to 43.
Frequency of communication with friends
As part of the survey, Holocaust survivors were asked how often they are in contact with their friends, meet or talk to them on the phone.
31.6% of Holocaust survivors answered that they are in contact with their friends every day or almost every day, compared to 35.8% of all Jews and others aged 76 and over.
The degree of religiosity among Jewish Holocaust survivors
Next, the population of Jewish Holocaust survivors, the one living in Israel, was asked "Do you see yourself as ultra-Orthodox, religious, traditional religious, traditional not so religious or secular."
47.8% of the survivors defined themselves as secular, similar to 47.2% of the Jews and the others.
Only 9.1% of them defined themselves as ultra-Orthodox and religious, compared to 13.2% of the Jews and the others.
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Jews in Israel and around the world
At the beginning of 2022, the number of Jews in the world was 15.3 million.
For comparison, in 1939, on the eve of World War II, the number of Jews in the world was 16.6 million, of which 449 thousand lived in Israel - 3%.
In 1948, on the eve of the establishment of the state in 1948, the number of Jews in the world was 11.5 million, of which 1,650 lived in Israel - 6%.
Of the 15.3 million Jews in the world:
7.0 million Jews in Israel (about 46% of Jews in the world)
6.0 million in the US
442 thousand in France
394 thousand in Canada
292 thousand in the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
173 thousand in Argentina
145 thousand in Russia
118 thousand in Germany
118 thousand in Australia
Jews in Israel by continent of origin:
About 5.6 million were born in Israel and about 1.4 million were born abroad. Of these: one million were born in Europe and America, 280 thousand were born in Africa and 149.1 thousand were born in Asia.
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