ISRAEL’S BABY BOOM 2024 – CHILDREN ARE A JOY
"ילדים הם שמחה" (yeldim hem simcha). "ילדים הם שמחה" (yeldim hem simcha). The Hebrew phrase for "children are a joy" is "ילדים הם שמחה" (yeldim hem simcha). "ילדים" (yeldim) means "children", and "שמחה" (simcha) means "joy" or "gladness". A man carries a child as ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather for a protest over the military draft in Jerusalem’s Mea Sharim district on June 30, 2024. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images [PHOTO SOURCE: https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/14/birthrates-israel-demographics-religion-nationalism-world-population/ ] INSIDE THE HOME OF AN ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILY - HANGING WITH HASIDICS II: WELCOME TO THE FAMILY [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1311NIaY2k ] The Hebrew phrase for "children are a joy" is "ילדים הם שמחה" (yeldim hem simcha). "ילדים" (yeldim) means "children", and "שמחה...