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ISRAELBRIEFS Jewish, Arab Women in Israel Marrying at
Older Ages; First Childbirth Age Increases, Too
WOMEN LIVING IN Israel are waiting longer to get married
and give birth, according to a new study by the nation’s Central
Bureau of Statistics, JNS.org reported.

For example, only 51.5 percent of Jewish women 25 to 29 in
2017 were married, compared to 55.1 percent in 2006.

For Arab women of the same age, the 2017 numbers dropped
to 74.4 percent married versus 79.6 percent in 2006
Meantime, 9.5 percent of Jewish woman 45 to 49 identified as
single, an increase from 5.9 percent the decade before. For Arab
women of the same age, 11.9 percent were single, compared to
10.5 percent in the past.

And the average woman first gave birth at 27.6 years old in
2017, compared to 26.8 percent in 2006.

Report: Israelis Waste Nearly $900 in Food Annually
The average Israeli family throws out about $890 worth of food
annually, which is about six weeks of a household’s food con-
sumption expenditure.

That’s according to the Fourth Annual Food Waste and
Rescue Report issued March 5 by Leket Israel in partnership
with BDO.

The report said 2.5 million tons of food with a market value of
$5.5 billion — 35 percent of all food produced — was discarded
in Israel in 2018. Fruits and vegetables comprised a majority of
the waste. Nearly half the food lost (1.2 million tons) could have
been rescued, according to the report.

Still, the 23 percent wasted by Israeli households is less than
the 28 percent wasted in the United States. In Europe, the waste
was even less at 19 percent.

The report said the food loss impacted increased overall food
prices by 11 percent.

Israel Home to 21 Billionaires
There are 2,153 billionaires in the world and 21 of them are
Israelis — up three from a year ago — according to the 2019
Forbes World Billionaires list, JNS.org reported.

And those 21 don’t include Israel’s richest person. That would
be Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea Football Club, who is
ranked 107th overall with $12.4 billion. Forbes listed him as Russian
because he received his Israeli citizenship just 10 months ago.

Other Israeli billionaires include real estate, shipping and
cruise-line magnate Eyal Ofer with $9.4 billion, industrialist
and investor Stef Wertheimer at $5.7 billion and investor and
philanthropist Shari Arison, who is Israel’s wealthiest woman,
with $5 billion.

Israeli Spacecraft Takes a Selfie
Beresheet, the Israeli spacecraft headed for the moon, on March 5
took a “selfie” 23,364 miles from Earth, according to SpaceIL and
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which are teaming on the mission.

The photo of Earth clearly shows Australia, as well as a plaque
installed on the spacecraft that includes the Israeli flag and the
words “Am Yisrael Chai” and “Small Country, Big Dreams.”
The spacecraft appears to be on track to land on the moon
as expected on April 11. On March 7, Beresheet conducted a
maneuver as it headed to an elliptical orbit 167,770 miles from
Earth. During the maneuver, its main engine was fired for 2½
minutes. In two weeks, another maneuver is planned. l
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