Marriage in israel
After months apart on reserve duty, married Israeli couples face a new challenge at home
A 2024 study, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior, of couples during the current war found that wartime stress sharply reduces sexual well-being and emotional closeness.
Which Israeli cities are best for singles?
'Upside-Down Love': An Israeli-Palestinian memoir of marriage across borders
Former PM Bennett backs civil marriage, public transport on Shabbat
Now is the perfect time to legalize civil marriage in Israel
Couples who are ineligible for marriage through the rabbinate are also now not able to fly abroad, making civil marriage an imperative.
Jewish marriage on the wane in the Jewish state ahead of Tu B'Av
Critics blame Chief Rabbinate, lack of marriage choice, for the decline in the number of Jews marrying in Israel, and increase in cohabitation.
Weddings and vines: The blessing of the Geffen
“Marriage is a gift from God to us. The quality of our marriage is our gift to Him/Her.” Many times I have intoned these lines as I stood with the bride and groom sending them out on their voyage.
Jewish, Arab women marrying later than decade ago
In 2017, the average life expectancy of Israeli women stood at 84.6 years old, almost four years longer than the 80.7 years life expectancy of Israeli men.
The Human Spirit: The phone number to save your marriage
The phone number to save your marriage: (02) 640-4343 or 1-877-963-8938 toll-free from abroad.
Wedding bells: At what age are most couples tying the knot these days?
Between 2002 and 2016, the average age at which people in Israel married for the first time rose from 27.1 to 27.5 for the grooms, and from 24.2 to 25.1 for the brides.
17-year prisoner for divorce refusal could be released from incarceration
Tzviya Gorodetsky’s request that the rabbinical courts close her divorce case with Meir Gorodestky was granted by the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court on Tuesday.
Private lives, public debate: Tzachi Halevy and Lucy Aharish's marriage
Politicians who care about intermarriage should focus on a lot more than the choices of two individuals
![News anchor Lucy Aharish [L] and Actor Tzahi Halevi [R]](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/430482 "News anchor Lucy Aharish [L] and Actor Tzahi Halevi [R]")
Protesters pray at Haifa Rabbinical Court after Conservative rabbi arrest
"The Israeli public wants an open and welcoming Judaism without coercion and most importantly one which respects every person’s path and customs," said Masorti leader Dr. Yizhar Hess.
Huppa pratit: good, necessary, but not sufficient
We need marriage rituals that are in sync with the seven blessings celebrating friendship and mutuality that are part of the traditional marriage ceremony.
