Marriage in israel
Former Gaza hostage Emily Damari marries partner Dani Amit in Tel Aviv wedding celebration
The couple had gotten engaged in January, 2026, one year after Damari was released from Hamas captivity.
After months apart on reserve duty, married Israeli couples face a new challenge at home
Which Israeli cities are best for singles?
'Upside-Down Love': An Israeli-Palestinian memoir of marriage across borders
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.
Rabbinical court voided marriage by invalidating witness
The fact that one of the witnesses was not religious at the wedding provided a perfect opportunity to invalidate the marriage.
Civil marriage in Eilat to be proposed in forthcoming legislation
The bill would allow civil marriages to place in Eilat, but is facing opposition from all sides.
A ‘huppa' in the holy land
We’ve been very blessed to share in three weddings since becoming olim hadashim. Each was moving and memorable in its own way.
Recent trend shows Jewish marriage on the wane in Israel
Several organizations have expressed concern with the number of Jewish citizens marrying outside the rabbinate.
'Married' - and unmarried - in the blink of an eye
Did couples' inability to hold legal weddings in Israel for reality TV show affect the outcome?
Raising the bar
The Chief Rabbbinate remains a corrupt institution, but one making small steps of progress.
In Israel and everywhere, happy, lasting marriages are possible
In a society as complex as Israel’s where there is such a strong intersection between religion and society, marriage is an institution that is even more sacred than in other areas of Western society.
Israel's 'chained women' struggle with the rabbinate for a divorce
Each year there are created hundreds of reported and unreported cases of women unable to terminate their marriages.
Rabbinical Courts rapidly adding names to marriage blacklists
If people are on the Prevented from Marrying list, neither they nor their children will ever be able to get married in Israel.
