Marriage

Jewish couples get married in Kyiv for first time since war started thanks to weekend ceasefire

The Jewish Community Center Beit Menachem from Kyiv held a mass wedding ceremony over the weekend that included couples of all ages, including a pair aged 92.

One of the couples who got married this weekend in Kyiv.
FIVE JEWISH couples get married in Brazil on Lag Ba'omer.

Five Jewish couples marry in Brazil in front of 900 young Jews from former Soviet Union

PHILLIPS and COHEN on their wedding day.

Lost in translation, found in love: Ariana Phillips’s path to marriage in Israel

A brown bear gnaws at the cage it is trapped in in Sunagawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan October 16, 2024.

He went to work as usual: Husband investigated for burning wife's body in zoo’s animal incinerator


Margot in New York: The collection that reminded everyone why the ’90s never die

COLLAGE, Margot’s new collection, takes the confidence of the ’90s and dresses it in 2026 - and somehow, it works perfectly.

Margot Maison’s COLLAGE collection.

While dating swipes decrease, JWed.com Marriages increase to record 4,100!

JWed Married Couple.

4 million cancer cases studied: People who do not marry face as much as 85% greater cancer risk

Researchers and experts note that several health advantages frequently track with marriage in population studies.

A bride covers her face as she waits to take her wedding vow at a mass marriage ceremony at Bahirkhand village, north of Kolkata February 8, 2015. (illustrative)

Inside Chiburim: Yaron Shane’s mission to help IDF soldiers find Love After War

Yaron Shane shares how Love After War connects Israel’s soldiers and veterans with mentors and potential life partners.

YARON SHANE: Members remain in the database ‘until they break the glass.’

Pressure builds on Palestinian girls to marry as Gaza sees rise in child marriage rates - UNFPA

The likely cause of the increasing number of child brides seen in the Palestinian territory is the displacement, poverty, and collapse of social, legal, health, and protection systems.

(ILLUSTRATIVE) A homeless Palestinian bride walks with her mother (R) during her wedding ceremony at a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians from the Israeli offensive, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 17, 2014.

Dutch registry study: Children of divorce have fewer children and shorter relationships

The marriage duration of children from divorced families was, on average, about one year shorter than that of other people.

Marriage and divorce today are profoundly different.

From tragedy to protection: The fight against agunah status - opinion

Jewish families can protect wives from agunah status through halachic prenups and wartime authorizations, ensuring resilience even in tragedy.

Photo of Sarah M., one of the 12 cases resolved this month by Yad La’Isha of Ohr Torah Stone.

When Jewish law fails: Decades-long struggle of Jewish women seeking freedom - opinion

Even with legal tools, Jewish women who are trapped in bad marriages wait years for divorce.

 A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)

Hadera woman fires handgun at husband after catching him mid-sex act with coworker

On Saturday night, police brought the suspect to the Haifa Magistrate’s Court, where the woman's defense attorney said she, a mother of two, discovered her husband mid-sex act with a coworker.

Illustrative image of woman wearing handcuffs.

The changing face of marriage and divorce in today’s society

Marriage and divorce today are profoundly different.