Haredi population to double by 2020 (attend, Israel, Jewish, service)

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Haredi population to double by 2020


By the year 2020, the haredi population of Israel will double to 1 million and make up 17 percent of the total population, said Hebrew University demographer Professor Sergio DellaPergola Tuesday.

DellaPergola, who belongs to the Department of Contemporary Jewry and the Institute for Jewish People Policy Planning, spoke at the Knesset's Interior and Environmental Affairs Committee.

The committee discussed the need for city planning that takes into consideration the haredi public.

Mayors and heads of city councils from Beitar Ilit, Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh and other haredi towns who attended the committee said that the state had not allotted enough land for housing nor had it supplied sufficient infrastructure for religious services and education. DellaPergola said that presently the haredi public made up about 11% of the Jewish population in Israel, or 550,000 individuals.


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