MY SAY: ISRAEL AT 66
In 1945 one of every three Jews in the world had been killed during the Holocaust, and by normative measures the Jewish people, disheartened, oppressed and traumatized would have withered and disappeared. Only three years later the Jewish State of Israel was reborn and an epic in-gathering of the Jews of Europe and the Arab countries began. Those who had been at the precipice of hell were welcomed, protected and given counseling and homes and vocational training with the help of the Jewish people throughout the world.
As Yoram Ettinger has discovered in painstakingly accurate demographic research the birthrate of Jews is burgeoning in all of Israel including Judea and Samaria.
As David Hornik, discloses today there are 8.2 million citizens of Israel of who 75% are Jewish.”Since last year’s Independence Day 178,000 babies were born in Israel. Although Israel’s birthrate is already uniquely high among Western countries, this marks a new record. Also over that period 40,000 people died and 24,000 new immigrants arrived, for a net population growth of 162,000 or 2 percent.”
Hebrew, a language relegated to prayer and scattered scholars for centuries is now the official language spoken by all the citizens.
In spite of neighbors that are a blight unto the nations, Israel is a free wheeling democracy; Tel Aviv is considered on of the world’s best cities to visit; the beaches on the entire coast are beautiful and dotted with surfers, boats and yachts; restaurants and cafes abound even in more stolid Jerusalem; and when the sun goes down in Israel’s capital Jerusalem the city takes on an ethereal golden glow that is unparalleled in the world.
In Hebron where it all started Jews walk in the footsteps of the Patriarchs Abraham and Sarah who started a chain that remains unbroken for millennia.
It is wonderful.rsk
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