Haifa, Israel — The promise of marriage may not be the most conventional commitment to make during an election, but Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has decided that it will prove a winning formula ...

In Israel, marriage rights have been a hotly contested debate for years. The country doesn't permit civil marriages and will not allow religious marriages unless certain criteria are met.

Parties, like Yesh Atid, Yisrael Beytenu, Labor and Meretz have repeatedly declared their support for the introduction of civil marriage in Israel. The moment of truth is now.

Coalition truly could offer chance for civil marriage, expert argues Professor Pinhas Shifman says legislation can be changed to secure Israel as a Jewish and democratic state where people marry ...

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Artem Dolgopyat is an Israeli national hero. A champion gymnast from a small country with few world-class athletes, Dolgopyat won Israel's second-ever gold medal in the Tokyo Olympic Games ...

Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau, right, meeting with B'Noam director Rabbi Yisroel Meir Riani in Modiin, Israel, October 2016. ... the group expanded its marriage program with help from a grant.

Israeli Jews who participate in marriage ceremonies outside of the Rabbanut and the rabbis who officiate such ceremonies are subject to a penalty of two years’ imprisonment. An Ultra-orthodox ...

Marriage law is tightly controlled by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate. And for generations, couples who are of mixed religions — or who are atheists, ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - For most Israelis in the Jewish state, there is one legal way to get married - God's way. Israeli law empowers only Orthodox rabbis to officiate at Jewish weddings, but ...