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
Former PM Bennett backs civil marriage, public transport on Shabbat
Starting the Jewish New Year with freedom: Woman granted divorce after 23-year fight
What's in a name? Why women are increasingly choosing to keep their maiden names after marriage
Why the proposed civil-marriage deal is not good enough - opinion
'Letting Israelis marry in foreign embassies will be a social tragedy, a religious travesty and a civic disgrace.
Kahana mulls allowing civil marriage in exchange for repealing Law of Return
The Law of Return was passed in 1950 and entitles Jews to the right to relocate to Israel and acquire Israeli citizenship.
Israel’s growing intermarriage problem
Some observers might be tempted to dismiss the significance of such intermarriages. But a deeper dive into the data leaves no room for doubt, we have a problem.
At least 85,000 Jewish intermarried couples in Israel
At least 2,460 couples with one Jewish spouse and one non-Jewish spouse registered their marriages in 2018, a 37% increase over 2011 numbers.
Will Israel take next steps in advancing civil marriage? - opinion
Parties, like Yesh Atid, Yisrael Beytenu, Labor and Meretz have repeatedly declared their support for the introduction of civil marriage in Israel. The moment of truth is now.
The challenges of marriage and dating through COVID
Aleeza Ben Shalom is a dating and relationship coach who arrived in Israel less than a year ago - here is her story.
Israel must recognize civil marriage - opinion
It’s dehumanizing for anyone in this position to not have the same rights as everyone else; if religious leaders refuse to recognize our status as valid, the government must provide another option.
Is the civil marriage issue an obstacle to Israeli democracy?
The only place in the world where Jews cannot marry freely is Israel - the Jewish state.
65% of Israeli public support civil marriage - report
The same survey concluded 90% of secular couples and 79% of non-religious traditional couples also support civil marriage in Israel.
17 couples recently immigrated from India marry in Israel
Before the ceremony, they completed their formal conversion to Judaism by the Chief Rabbinate.
