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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Civil Unions in Israel

Guy (left) and Matan, the first gay couple to appear on Israel's 'Married at First Sight' reality show. (Denis Butnaru/Keshet)
May 23, 2022, 2:48 pm
When reality TV meets the reality of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
Israel’s ‘Married at First Sight’ features its first same-sex couple, dating show ‘New Love’ includes a woman whose mother isn’t Jewish; all are unable to wed in the Jewish state
By Amy Spiro
Immigrants fleeing from Ukraine arrive at the immigration and absorption office at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 18, 2022, 7:40 am
Israel has opened its arms to Ukrainian immigrants. But will they have equal rights?
Many new immigrants expected to join the ranks of those with ‘no religion,’ leaving them unable to be married in Israel; rabbinate suspicion of Jewish status will only grow sharper
By Amy Spiro
A gay couple has a symbolic wedding ceremony under a traditional wedding canopy during the annual Pride parade in Jerusalem, July 21, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 9, 2017, 12:45 am
79% of Israelis back gay marriage or civil unions
New survey on eve of Tel Aviv Pride Parade also finds 65% of voters for religious-nationalist Jewish Home party support changes
By ToI Staff
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
MK Stav Shaffir (to the right of wedding couple) participates in a Reform Jewish wedding ceremony in front of the Knesset, in protest of the Orthodox rabbinate's monopoly on marriage licensing and the lack of civil marriage in Israel. (Flash90)
July 12, 2015, 2:03 am
Why is there no civil marriage in Israel?
A bill to introduce non-religious unions, including same-sex, interfaith and others, fails in the Knesset
By Eric Cortellessa
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