Marriage in israel

'Upside-Down Love': An Israeli-Palestinian memoir of marriage across borders

Israeli-American lawyer Sari Bashi recounts in her memoir a relationship shaped by restriction and distance, where love unfolds within the limits of the law

Sari Bashi is an Israeli-American human rights lawyer, author, and activist specializing in international humanitarian law and Israeli policy.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett at a conference in Jerusalem, February 17, 2026; illustrative.

Former PM Bennett backs civil marriage, public transport on Shabbat

After Years of Struggle, Get Finally Granted on Eve of Rosh Hashanah

Starting the Jewish New Year with freedom: Woman granted divorce after 23-year fight

 The parents don't want to come to the wedding because of the food

What's in a name? Why women are increasingly choosing to keep their maiden names after marriage


Three Ladies, Three Lattes: A hair-raising dilemma

I don’t want to cover my head anymore, but my husband doesn’t agree.

A hair-covering store in Jerusalem.

Religious councils lose case for charging extra for 'attractive' marriage license

Religious councils were charging couples up to NIS 70 for more attractively-designed marriage certificates without given the option for a standard one.

Wedding [illustrative]

Wading through widowhood: Memories

Family

NGO calls for regulation of arcane Jewish ceremony

Accroding to a religious services group, during the last 10 years more than 200 women have been required to perform ceremony in order to enable them to remarry after losing a husband.

Wedding

The balcony

You know how it is when a husband and wife are on the skids. Every little thing becomes an issue. Every petty argument escalates into a major non-state conflict...

Painting by Avi Katz

PART 1: Contemplating divorce

What should you consider?

Divorce

Tzohar chairman says chief rabbinate obstructing new law to maintain power and control

Stav responds to criticism directed at Tzohar and the 2013 law it supported that abolished marriage registration districts and allows couples to register for marriage in anywhere around the country.

Rabbi David Stav

Veterans: Bringing ‘simha’

The Barth family originally had a 10 year plan to make aliya – after talking to an emissary their plans changed to arrive to Israel in one year.

Susan Barth

Three Ladies – Three Lattes: When marrying upsets mom

Three Ladies, Three Lattes looks at percolating issues in Israel’s complicated social and religious fabric. Secular Pam, modern Orthodox Tzippi and haredi Danit answer your questions.

A MARRIAGE proposal.

Grapevine: Snowy wedding

It's comforting for a political candidate to have the mayor of his city in his corner.

Wedding