Marriage in israel

Hiddush Rabbi Uri Regev: "We must not accept a continuation of the situation in which Israel is the lone western democracy that denies its citizens the right to marry as they wish."

The state altered its position on the issue on August 1, with the High Court issuing a ruling on August 4. But the decision has come to light only now.

The Age of Marriage Law in Israel stipulates that any child, male or female, under the age of 18 may not marry without special permission that is granted by family court in exceptional cases.

There is growing mistrust in the chief rabbinate which has exclusive jurisdiction over marriage and divorce, and the increasing public support for civil marriage.

An exclusive interview with Rabbi Simcha Krauss, a towering figure in religious Orthodoxy in the US who has sought to find solutions to ‘agunot’ by way of a rabbinical court he helped found in 2014.

Engagements, typically a cause for celebration, are overshadowed by rabbinate bureaucracy.

This is thought to be the first proposal to take place at the Knesset.

I don’t want to cover my head anymore, but my husband doesn’t agree.

Religious councils were charging couples up to NIS 70 for more attractively-designed marriage certificates without given the option for a standard one.