Israel Braces For Orthodox Majority

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has been bracing for the prospect that Orthodox
Jews would become the majority in what had long been a fiercely secular
state.
A report asserted that Orthodox Jews would become the majority of Israel
by 2030, with the so-called Haredim, or ultra-Orthodox, reaching one million
people. The report by the University of Haifa cited a galloping birth rate
by religious Jews, which exceeded both that of their secular counterparts
and many Arabs.