Marriage

Reported forced and child marriages in Gaza surged 120% in early 2026, UN says

As war deepens poverty and insecurity in Gaza, more families are marrying off their daughters at younger ages

Najia Mahmoud, displaced from Rafah to Khan Yunis, has witnessed a rise in child marriage in Gaza, warning that families seeking to protect their daughters may be putting them at greater risk.Premium
Caroline Maxwell

‘Years of hell’: Jewish women describe the fight to obtain a religious divorce

: Yulie Ben Ami, daughter of former Gaza hostages Raz and Ohad Ben Ami, alongside President Isaac Herzog, his wife Michal, and other guests during her wedding ceremony in Israel, September 24, 2026.

Yulie Ben-Ami, daughter of Hamas captivity survivors, marries in ceremony attended by Herzog

Israeli flag and rainbow flag being waved at Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 25 2021

B'Yachad party will pursue LGBTQ marriage rights if part of next government, Lapid vows


Tzachi & Yifat: A Jerusalem love story

On the Friday before Passover, in Fayge Park on Panim Meirot Street in Jerusalem, Tzachi put a ring on Yifat’s finger. The couple are to marry on September 16 in Ness Ziona. Mazal tov!

 Tzachi & Yifat.

Israelis want civil marriage, to break rabbinic monopoly in new Tu B'Av poll

When asked which way they would like their children to marry, assuming all options were available, only 50% of Israeli Jews chose an Orthodox marriage.

 Ten Israeli couples with a member serving in the IDF taking part in a mass wedding ceremony part of Chabad of Savyon’s “Marrying the Warriors”, in Tel Aviv Port, March 5, 2024.

Celebrating a wedding anniversary and an aliyah love story

We’re still here and as committed to this country as we are to each other.

 AN ISRAEL Aliyah Center ad in the ‘Jewish Bulletin’ featuring staged photos of the writer and his future wife, with suitcases plastered with El Al stickers.

Two Nova festival survivors who both lost their right leg got married

During the Hamas attack, the two were seriously injured, and hospitalized at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center and their respective right legs were amputated.

 A WEDDING canopy is seen against the backdrop scenery of the Mediterranean Sea.

Letters to the Editor, June 23, 2024: Look in the mirror

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

International Widows Day: The wives and children of the IDF’s fallen soldiers

The IDF Widows and Orphans has seen 260 new widows and 520 newly orphaned children access their support services since October 7.

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, June 4, 2024

An open letter to a grieving daughter: Choose life and light, get married - opinion

You, too, by marrying, choosing life, starting a Jewish family, will carry your father’s legacy, boost your grieving mother, and elevate us all.

 THE WRITER, held by his son, recognizes that now, the younger generation carries the older generation, in good times and in bad.

The origins of words and phrases about weddings

Let’s take a walk down the bridal path and explore some of the age-old customs we encounter along the way. But make room – because here comes the bride.

 ‘The Marriage of Queen Victoria,’ February 10, 1840 (George Hayter/Royal Collection)

The couple who married at the age of 100: 'We submitted a request to 'Guinness World Records'

Littman's granddaughter, Sarah Littman said that her grandfather, an engineer, was married for 65 years.

 Barnie Lipman marries Margery in Philadelphia. May 19, 2024.

'Until the end': Fiancée of fallen IDF solder Gal Shabat tells their story

"He really was the perfect commander for them and all his soldiers would say that."

 Major Gal Shabbat