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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 584

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Rebecca Steinfeld (l) and Charles Keidan outside the Supreme Court in London, where they have won their fight for the right to enter into a civil partnership, Thursday June 27, 2018. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)
June 27, 2018, 11:32 pm
Jewish couple helps overturn ban in UK on heterosexual civil partnership
Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan say marriage ‘treated women as property for centuries’ and they want to raise their children as equal partners
By JTA
Illustrative: A Jewish couple getting married. (Justin Oberman/Creative Commons)
May 10, 2018, 6:10 am
To ‘unchain’ Jewish women, rabbinate could extend reach across borders
Amid heavy criticism, Knesset debates bill to grant Israel’s rabbinical courts oversight of Jewish divorce cases, including for those wed in civil unions
By Marissa Newman
Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan outside the Court of Appeal. (Mark Thomas)
March 7, 2017, 4:12 pm
UK Jewish heterosexual couple seeks same legal rights as LGBTs
Civil partnership has been possible for gay spouses in Britain since 2004, and marriage since 2013 — but mixed-sex pairs may only wed. Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld are pushing for change
By Jenni Frazer
Religious participants in the annual gay pride parade in Jerusalem, September 18, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 1, 2016, 1:07 pm
Support for same-sex unions in Israel soars
Survey by advocacy group says 76% of Israelis support gay marriage or civil unions, up 12% since last year
By ToI Staff
Friends and family carry the bodies of Naama and Eitam Henkin during their funeral at Har HaMenuchot Cemetery in Jerusalem, October 2, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 29, 2016, 9:19 am
TOI talks: Twenty-nine Israelis and counting
On this week’s episode: Tallying the terror victims; Iranian elections and funding Palestinian terrorists; UK’s David Cameron vs. Jerusalem; and supporting LGBTQ rights on Monday, opposing them on Tuesday
By Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative: Israelis walking past the Knesset during the annual gay parade in Jerusalem, July 29, 2010. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
February 27, 2016, 10:37 pm
LGBT activists protest after MKs nix 5 gay rights bills
200 members of the community take to the streets near government district in Tel Aviv demanding change in the law
By ToI Staff
Israelis walking past the Knesset during the annual gay parade in Jerusalem, July 29, 2010. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 24, 2016, 5:34 pm
Day after marking LGBT rights, Knesset nixes 5 gender equality bills
Opposition fumes as proposals on civil unions, ban on conversion therapy shot down; coalition’s only openly gay MK skips votes
By Marissa Newman
A marcher waves a Jewish Pride flag at Jerusalem's 2012 Gay Pride Parade. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 16, 2013, 6:23 pm
Same-sex union ministerial debate postponed by PM
Netanyahu says there is no consensus in coalition over bill seeking to establish equal marital rights for unrecognized couples
By ToI Staff
Flags seen during the Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv, June 7, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 16, 2013, 11:26 am
Livni champions bid to recognize same-sex unions
Justice minister pushes bill on civil union for gay partners and those who do not meet Orthodox standards for marriage
By ToI Staff
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