{"id":9163,"date":"2010-10-01T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/an-israeli-vacation\/"},"modified":"2010-10-01T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T12:12:00","slug":"an-israeli-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/blog\/an-israeli-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"An Israeli Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jiis.org\/?cmd=researchers.133&amp;act=read&amp;id=92\">Aviel Yelinek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many Israelis take time during the Tishrei Holiday season to vacation in Israel and  abroad. The long lines at the passport renewal offices at the Ministry of Interior and at  the passport control counters at Ben Gurion Airport give rise to a general feeling that  many spend the holidays vacationing overseas. In truth, however, there are many more  who spend their holidays in Israel. Data from the 2008 Social Survey conducted by the  Israel CBS indicate that some 51% of Israelis (ages 20 and over) vacationed overnight in  Israel (during the 12 months that preceded the interview) compared with 31% of Israelis  who vacationed abroad. <\/p>\n<p> CBS Social Survey data indicate a correlation between the degree of religious observance  and the likelihood of vacationing in Israel: in 2008, 58% of secular Jewish Israelis  had vacationed in Israel during the preceding year as compared with 55% of National-  Religious Israelis and 46% of Ultra-Orthodox Israelis.<\/p>\n<p>  Not surprisingly, one\u2019s financial situation would affect one\u2019s decision whether to take a  vacation. The 2008 Social Survey indicates that 68% of Israelis citizens who reported  that they were extremely content with their personal financial situation had vacationed  in Israel during the preceding year, compared with only 58% of those who reported mild  content with their personal financial situation, 44% of those who reported that they were  not-so-pleased with their situation and 23% of those who said they were extremely  displeased with their situation.<\/p>\n<p>A comparison across Israel\u2019s central cities reveals that 48% of<br \/> Jerusalem\u2019s residents  vacationed in Israel in 2008 compared to 55% of Tel Aviv residents, 53% of Rishon  Lezion residents, 52% of Ashdod residents and 47% of Haifa residents.  <\/p>\n<p>There are is an obvious disparity within the city of Jerusalem itself between the  percentages of the Jewish residents of the city who vacation in Israel compared with their  Arab neighbors: 59% of Jerusalem\u2019s Jewish population vacationed in Israel in 2008 as  compared with only 24% of Jerusalem\u2019s Arab population.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_0X8j-02t2cE\/TM6hXCVOX9I\/AAAAAAAADP8\/Y1Anx4XwcKw\/s1600\/nofesh2008e_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 210px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_0X8j-02t2cE\/TM6hXCVOX9I\/AAAAAAAADP8\/Y1Anx4XwcKw\/s400\/nofesh2008e_w.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534538409219874770\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aviel Yelinek Many Israelis take time during the Tishrei Holiday season to vacation in Israel and abroad. The long lines at the passport renewal offices at the Ministry of Interior and at the passport control counters at Ben Gurion Airport give rise to a general feeling that many spend the holidays vacationing overseas. In truth,&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/blog\/an-israeli-vacation\/\" class=\"button is-primary is-small is-round has-round-arrow\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}