Yoram Ettinger

Jerusalem

Expert/lecturer/writer/consultant (English & Hebrew) on Middle East and US affairs. A retired Ambassador. Regularly briefs Israeli and American legislators.

Articles

Fast-Growing Jewish Population May Hold Off Israel’s “Demographic Time Bomb”

1 week ago | israel365news.com | Yoram Ettinger

In an Interview with Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, destroys the biggest myth told by the left-wing to justify the two-state solution. “Israel’s Jewish women are unusual among industrialized nations for their high birth rate, while modernizing Arab women have fewer babies than in the past. Israelis have wondered at times whether they would be outnumbered by Palestinians and become a minority in the world’s only Jewish homeland.
A Passover Guide for the Perplexed, 2025

2 weeks ago | algemeiner.com | Yoram Ettinger

Here are eight key things to know ahead of this year’s celebration of Passover:1. Passover is a Jewish national liberation holiday, highlighting the Exodus, the Parting of the Sea, the Ten Commandments, the 40 years of wandering in the desert, and the return to the Land of Israel 3,600 years ago. 2. According to Heinrich Heine, the 19th century German poet, “Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.”3.
Fast-Growing Jewish Population May Hold Off Israel’s“Demographic Time Bomb”

2 weeks ago | theettingerreport.com | Yoram Ettinger

Interview with Ambassador (ret.) Yoram EttingerDaniel Berger, The Epoch Times, March 20, 2025“Israel’s Jewish women are unusual among industrialized nations for their high birth rate, while modernizing Arab women have fewer babies than in the past. Israelis have wondered at times whether they would be outnumbered by Palestinians and become a minority in the world’s only Jewish homeland.
Passover Guide for the Perplexed 2025

2 weeks ago | theettingerreport.com | Yoram Ettinger

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”March 6, 2025In 2024, the number of Israel’s Jewish births was 138,698 – 73%higher than 1995 (80,400), compared to 42,911 Arab births – 18% higherthan 1995 (36,500). In 2024, Jewish births were 76% of total births, compared to69% in 1995.
US Interest Mandates Regime-Change in Iran

3 weeks ago | theettingerreport.com | Yoram Ettinger

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”March 6, 2025In 2024, the number of Israel’s Jewish births was 138,698 – 73%higher than 1995 (80,400), compared to 42,911 Arab births – 18% higherthan 1995 (36,500). In 2024, Jewish births were 76% of total births, compared to69% in 1995.
2025 Jewish Demographic Momentum in Israel

1 month ago | jewishpress.com | Yoram Ettinger

In 2024, the number of Israel’s Jewish births was 138,698 – 73% higher than 1995 (80,400), compared to 42,911 Arab births – 18% higher than 1995 (36,500). In 2024, Jewish births were 76% of total births, compared to 69% in 1995. The surge of Jewish births has taken place due to the unprecedented rise of births (since 1995) in the secular sector, notwithstanding a rising level of education, income and wedding age and expanded urbanization.
Purim Guide for the Perplexed 2025

1 month ago | jewishpress.com | Yoram Ettinger

1. Purim is a Jewish national liberation holiday – just like Passover and Chanukah – which highlights the transition of the Jewish people from subjugation to liberty. It is celebrated seven days following the birth and death date of Moses – a role model of liberty, leadership and humility. Purim is celebrated from the evening of March 14 through the day of March 15, 2025. 2.
A Purim Guide for the Perplexed, 2025

1 month ago | algemeiner.com | Yoram Ettinger

Ahead of this year’s Purim celebrations on Thursday night, here are seven facts you should know about the holiday:1. Purim is a Jewish national liberation holiday — just like Passover and Hanukkah — which highlights the transition of the Jewish people from subjugation to liberty. It is celebrated seven days following the birth and death date of Moses — a role model of liberty, leadership, and humility. 2.
Demographic Reality Contradicts Conventional Wisdom

1 month ago | jewishpress.com | Yoram Ettinger

*The number of annual Jewish births in Israel surged by 73% from 1995 (80,400) to 2024 (138,698), compared to a 18% increase of annual Arab births in Israel during the same period (from 36,500 to 42,911), as reported by the February 2025 Monthly Bulletin of Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS). *The 2024 Jewish births (138,698) were 76% of total births (181,609), compared to 69% in 1995.
Purim Guide for the Perplexed 2025

1 month ago | theettingerreport.com | Yoram Ettinger

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”March 9, 2025More on Purim in my eBook: Smashwords, Amazon1. Purim is a Jewish national liberation holiday – just like Passover and Chanukah – which highlights the transition of the Jewish people from subjugation to liberty. It is celebrated seven days following the birth and death date of Moses – a role model of liberty, leadership and humility.