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More young Haredim leave their community than earlier estimates suggested
More young Haredim are leaving their community than earlier estimates suggested.
Updated figures based on Israel’s latest population census estimate that 15.3% of Haredi men and 11.9% of Haredi women leave by age 30.
Earlier estimates, based on a survey, put the rates at 13.5% for men and 9.6% for women.
The figures concern people leaving ultra-Orthodox Jewish society in Israel, where the issue is part of wider debate about integration into the economy and society.
Those who leave can face gaps in education and job training, housing costs and limited government support.
Organizations say many fall between existing programs because they are not recognized as a distinct group.
Yotzim L’Shinui is calling for a national program to help people leaving access education, work and military service.
In the coming days, it plans to ask parties running for the Knesset to publicly back such a program.
New census-based data show that more young Haredim leave ultra-Orthodox society by age 30 than earlier estimates indicated.
The estimated rates are 15.3% for men and 11.9% for women.
Earlier estimates, based on a Central Bureau of Statistics survey, were 13.5% for men and 9.6% for women.
Yotzim L’shinui is urging the government to create a national program to help people leaving the community integrate into society.
The organization says about 66% of those who leave still identify somewhere on the Haredi spectrum.
- Who
- Young Haredi men and women leaving ultra-Orthodox society.
- What
- New census-based figures show higher departure rates than previously estimated. Yotzim L’shinui is calling for a national integration program.
- When
- The figures were published on October 13, 2026. The census data is from Israel’s latest population census.
- Where
- Israel.
- Why
- The updated figures use more detailed census data than the earlier estimates, which were based on a sample survey.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Yotzim L’shinui’s annual report estimated that 13.5% of young Haredi men and 9.6% of young Haredi women left by age 30.
Yotzim L’shinui published higher estimates based on data from Israel’s latest population census.
Yotzim L’shinui plans to ask parties running for the Knesset to support developing a national program.
- Men leaving by age 30
- 15.3%
- Women leaving by age 30
- 11.9%
- Earlier estimate for men
- 13.5%
- Earlier estimate for women
- 9.6%
- Those retaining Haredi identification
- About 66%
- Public support for a national program
- About 73% of non-Haredi Jewish respondents in an August survey of 500 people
What people are saying
serves as a wake-up call to all decision-makers regarding the scope of the phenomenon and the urgent need for a national program that will help this population integrate into society in the best possible way
Sources
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