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Noam Oren (L) and his wife on their wedding day on August 16, 2016. (Yarin Taranos/courtesy)
March 16, 2018, 7:53 am
Orthodox couple appeals to High Court after Rabbinate puts them in marital limbo
Noam Oren and his wife married in a religious ceremony, but authorities refuse to recognize it due to their insistence on protecting each other from potential divorce refusal
By Michael Bachner
A couple has their picture taken before their wedding at the Jaffa Port, as the Tel Aviv skyline is seen in the background. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
December 26, 2017, 7:00 pm
Orthodox group opens ‘alternative’ marriage service with Tel Aviv rabbinate
New Tzohar branch is liberal rabbinical organization's first collaboration with state-run rabbinate
By JTA
September 25, 2017, 2:31 pm
My father the rabbi performed my wedding
If only the Israeli Chief Rabbinate understood that with great power comes the responsibility of great kindness
By Atara Newberger Zafir
A woman praying during a Women of the Wall service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Oct. 24, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 18, 2017, 6:31 pm
Worried about Jewish pluralism in Israel? So are Israelis, poll shows
65% of Israelis surveyed by liberal group by Hiddush want Reform and Conservative Judaism to have official standing equal to Orthodoxy
By Andrew Tobin
Rabbinical Courts Administration Director Shimon Yaakovi speaking during an interview in his office in Jerusalem, July 27, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/via JTA)
September 17, 2017, 1:09 pm
Rabbinate expanding marriage blacklists for ‘questionable’ Jewish immigrants
Report says Israel is methodically blacklisting olim of Jewish heritage, who are subsequently unable to marry in the Jewish state
By Andrew Tobin
Illustrative wedding photo. (JTA)
August 31, 2017, 10:38 pm
Messianic Israeli couple cannot marry in Jewish ceremony, rabbinical court rules
Couple say they believe in Jesus as the Messiah and that they work to spread the Gospel
By JTA
Journalist and author of 'The Unchosen,' Mya Guarnieri Jaradat. (Courtesy)
June 25, 2017, 11:35 am
A Jewish American who immigrated to Israel asks why refugees can’t
Journalist Mya Jaradat loved Hebrew so much she made aliyah -- but now she's gone back to the US and written a tell-all book about how Israel treats asylum seekers
By JP O’ Malley
Activists, among them Zionist Union MK Ksenia Svetlova (second from right), holding signs and wearing wedding veils as they protest for the right to civil marriage in front of the Knesset in Jeruslaem on November 2, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 5, 2017, 3:20 am
MK weds in Seychelles, slams lack of civil marriage in Israel
Zionist Union lawmaker Ksenia Svetlova gets hitched on Indian Ocean island, criticizes Rabbinate's 'monopoly on marriage'
By TOI staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men dance the traditional Mitzvah dance during the wedding of the grandson of head Rabbi of Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok with the daughter of the head rabbi of Beregsaz in Beit Shemesh on February 7, 2017. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
February 16, 2017, 7:46 pm
Knesset weighs tax breaks for studious newlyweds
Legislation would provide income tax relief to couples who complete marriage preparation course
By Jacob Magid
A bride and groom in the center of Tel Aviv, November 4, 2015. (Flash 90/via JTA)
February 6, 2017, 3:10 pm
Citing intermarriage threat, Israeli rabbis ‘blacklist’ families deemed not Jewish
Activists claim the chief rabbinate is holding an 'Inquisition' as long-time immigrants to Israel are now under the Jewish identity lens
By Andrew Tobin
Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner dance at the Freedom Ball, in Washington, January 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 26, 2017, 12:12 pm
Is Ivanka Jewish? In Israel, she has a Trump card
Since Donald Trump's election, Israel's rabbinical establishment seems more eager to rethink restrictive conversion rules
By Daniel Estrin
Illustrative wedding photo. (JTA)
August 18, 2016, 3:38 am
Young Israelis in no hurry to get married, new data shows
According to Central Bureau of statistics, percentage of single men and women aged 25-29 on the rise
By TOI staff
An illustrative photo of a bride and groom taking portraits prior to their wedding, in Tel Aviv, November 4, 2015. (Flash90)
August 17, 2016, 6:11 pm
Jerusalem rabbis: Limit grooms’ alimony vow to 1 million shekels
Rabbincal court's quest to cap prenuptial pledges comes as another group tries to make it easier for women to get divorces
By JTA and TOI staff
An Israeli couple after a civil marriage in Cyprus. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
August 10, 2016, 3:03 pm
68% of Israelis support civil marriage, poll finds
Survey conducted by liberal Orthodox group shows widespread opposition to current religion-based laws, including from within religious community
By Raoul Wootliff
Ethiopian-Israeli Chief Rabbi Yosef Hadane during a debate of the Immigration and Absorption Committee at the Knesset, July 27, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2016, 6:28 pm
Ethiopian chief rabbi given 6 month reprieve from pending firing
Religious Affairs Ministry says Yosef Hadane to stay in office till February but his position still to be discussed
By Stuart Winer
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