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.

Former Gaza hostage Emily Damari and Israeli food influencer Dani Amit in their wedding outfits.
 An IDF reservist kisses his child before boarding the bus, in Jerusalem, May 2025.

After months apart on reserve duty, married Israeli couples face a new challenge at home

A surge in the number of weddings in 2024, but young people are in no rush to get married

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Sari Bashi is an Israeli-American human rights lawyer, author, and activist specializing in international humanitarian law and Israeli policy.

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Should prenuptial agreements be compulsory

In general, couples are disinclined to consider a prenuptial agreement at the relevant time as it can be seen as a lack of commitment to the marriage.

A bride and groom sign a marriage certificate before their wedding in November 2013.

Marriage counseling to be subsidized by state

The bill had been expected to gain government backing in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday,but was delayed.

VICTORIA AND Benjamin on their wedding day. (

Jerusalem Grapevine: Love and late marriage

A round up of news from the Jerusalem area.

Love puzzle

This Normal Life: Breaking the rabbinate’s monopoly on marriage

"What's missing is the destruction from within," says Rabbi Chuck Davidson.

Rabbi Chuck Davidson

This Normal Life: Wedding in Cyprus – the modern Zionist irony

It is a shame they had to leave Israel on the very day of our aliya to get married abroad.

Couples of Russian and Israeli origins kiss during a mass wedding in Larnaca, Cyprus, in June last year

Love revolution on Tu Be'av: 74% of Israeli public want egalitarian marriage

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."

Jewish wedding (Illustrative)

Foreign common-law spouses, including gays, can become dual nationals

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.

Gay marriage

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Illegal underage marriages being ignored by authorities, committee finds

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.

Wedding

'Hundreds of thousands can’t marry in Israel'

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

A Jewish wedding.