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After World War Two, there was a massive baby boom in many nations: the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Ireland.
In the US, the boom began roughly in 1946 and went until 1964, but peaked in the late 1950s. Canada was similar, running from about 1947 to 1966 with the biggest boom right after the war.
So which country do you think is going through a baby boom now?
If you guessed Israel you have guessed right. Israel has always loved babies and for the past 76 years, brought lots of them into the world. In fact, the Jewish state has brought relatively more rug rats than any other Western country and continue to do so.
If you guessed Israel you have guessed right. Israel has always loved babies and for the past 76 years, brought lots of them into the world. In fact, the Jewish state has brought relatively more rug rats than any other Western country and continue to do so.
But while the drive to produce offspring endures, even during difficult times, Israel is experiencing a new wartime baby boom. Unlike other nations that have experienced this phenomenon after wars, Israel is one of the first, if not the first, to experience a boom during an ongoing war.
Where do they find the time?
Rachel Fink, writing in Israel's left wing daily Haaretz, noted that despite 15 months of war, “Israel is experiencing a 10 percent increase in births during the final months of 2024 – after recent indications that Israel is experiencing a downturn in fertility.”
Keep it up, guys and gals.
Am Yisrael Chai!
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