27 June, 2018
AN UNUSUAL Israeli reality TV series is about “one of the most intimate moments of [young couples’] lives. It’s a hospital delivery room….” I doubt there is anything like it on foreign television. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis watch the program.
There are a great many blessings that building a life and a family in Israel confers. Babies are a major one. Over the past 12 months, 177,000 babies were born in Israel. Each one is a tiny blessing.
I have traveled the world ,I was always struck by the paucity of babies and pregnant women. All of East Asia, Europe and North America are experiencing birthrates that are below replacement level, i.e. 2.1 births per woman. Even Iran and Brazil are on this list. But Israel: 3.1 births per woman! Baby boom.
