>>>I’ve seen it written that these “ultra orthodox” are of great concern to the government for several reasons,one being the amount of state benefits they get.
Israel has two cultures in one country - the traditional culture and the modern culture, and Jews move frequently between these two cultures. The modern culture creates the wealth and the science, and the traditional culture produces the babies. Many people reared in ultra-orthodox communities often join the modern culture, and contribute to wealth creation and science.
The state benefits paid to the ultra-orthodox are not a waste of money, because many of the children of the ultra-orthodox end up joining the modern Israeli sector. The future of the Israeli pension system depends very heavily on the children of the ultra-orthodox who join the modern sector.
It is the ultra-orthodox who have helped to raise the birth rate among Jewish women from 2.6 children per woman to 3.13 per woman, and made it equal to the Arab birth rate. The ultra-orthodox are the root of the Jewish people, and they prevent modernity from inflicting cultural suicide on the Jewish people.
It would be great if white Christians would support the Amish people, in the same manner in which modern Israelis support the ultra-orthodox. Pension systems in the Western world would never go broke.
That’s a good point (in terms of the subsidies to the Orthodox); one problem with basing a country on that higher birthrate is the military exemption for the Orthodox. This created serious tensions when Israeli soldiers were sent to defend settlements of people who themselves didn’t serve.