| | Active artist colonies thrive in Safed, Jaffa, and Ein Hod, and Israeli painters and sculptors exhibit works worldwide. Israel boasts more than 120 museums, including the Israel [[Museum]] in Jerusalem, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls along with an extensive collection of regional archaeological artifacts, art, and Jewish religious and folk exhibits. Israelis are avid newspaper readers, with more than 90% of Israeli adults reading a newspaper at least once a week. Major daily papers are in Hebrew; others are in Arabic, English, French, Polish, Yiddish, Russian, Hungarian, and German. | | Active artist colonies thrive in Safed, Jaffa, and Ein Hod, and Israeli painters and sculptors exhibit works worldwide. Israel boasts more than 120 museums, including the Israel [[Museum]] in Jerusalem, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls along with an extensive collection of regional archaeological artifacts, art, and Jewish religious and folk exhibits. Israelis are avid newspaper readers, with more than 90% of Israeli adults reading a newspaper at least once a week. Major daily papers are in Hebrew; others are in Arabic, English, French, Polish, Yiddish, Russian, Hungarian, and German. |
| | + | Because of Israel's long life expectancy and economic prosperity, it has seen population growth.<ref>Kent, Simon (October 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2019/10/01/report-israels-population-growth-built-on-prosperity-world-leading-life-expectancies/ Report: Israel’s Population Growth Built on Prosperity, World-Leading Life Expectancies]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 1, 2019.</ref> |