et al,
The State of Israel is a complex and diverse multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and multi-religious society. The simplified thumbnail perspective might be broken down like this:
Multi-ethnic considerations:
NOTE: Some Jewish Ethnic Differences may be seen:
- Ashkenazim (Jewish ethnic lines from mostly Germany and Eastern Europe)
- Sephardim Jews (Jewish ethnic lines from mostly to Spain, Portugal, and Arab countries).
Multi-racial considerations:
- Caucasian,
- African,
- Mongoloid
Multi-religious considerations:
NOTE: In addition there are religious differences among Jews,
- Ultra-Orthodox ("haredim"),
- Modern Orthodox ("dati-leumi"),
- Traditional ("masorati"),
- Secular ("hiloni").
Israel is, very much, a 21st Century country --- having the highest ratio of university degrees to its population in the world. Israel produces huge number of scientific papers ---- more than a 100 papers per 1000 researchers; which shows in the number of Nobel laureates
(12: more than all the other Middle Eastern and North African Muslim countries combined) in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology, Medicine, and Literature.
(By comparison: Egypt: 4 --- Lebanon: 0 --- Syria: 0 --- Jordan: 0 --- Saudi Arabia: 0 --- Turkey: 1) Israel is at the tip of the spear in terms of
high technology developments and medial research advancements; particularly in the areas of microprocessor design and manufacturing; and as diverse as
stem cell research --- and --- the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases. Israel was the first to develop and install a large-scale, fully functional solar electricity generating plant. Of the 16 women in history that have been named Noble Laureates, among them is
Ada Yonath, a protein crystallographer (Chemistry), for her studies of the structure and function of the
ribosome.
Most Respectfully,
R