It was a little past midnight at my niece’s chasidic wedding, when the badchan appeared. I can’t say I was happy to see him.

If the decision stands, it would mean that couples who do not want to or cannot have an Orthodox Jewish wedding could get the benefits of marriage without leaving Israel, as they are currently ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Demographic Research Vol. 28, JANUARY - JUNE 2013 Fertility and marriage behavior in Israe... BACKGROUND Based on aggregate statistics, the population ...

In America, if you want to get married, they tell you to get stable first — get a job, get a house. In Israel, if you’re still in school and want to get married, nobody cares because Israelis are ...

Barring a drastic development, Israel still won’t enact civil marriage — let alone same-sex marriage. Buses won’t run nationally on Shabbat and the Chief Rabbinate will still exist.

Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has ordered an investigation into Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after a report alleged that she had harassed ...

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and will bolster Jewish Peoplehood and Israel-Diaspora relationships. Hiddush initiated legal and public action to gain registration for Israeli couples who married online via a relatively new ...

Nachi Lefkowitz from Jerusalem was the main caregiver for his five siblings, from the shocking age of 13. Both his parents ...

The author weaves together the different threads that made up the world of ultra-Orthodox women in Jerusalem: the experience of immigration to the Land of Israel, marriage, the family unit, economic ...

This report examines Taglit’s long-term impact on participants with a special focus on their decisions about marriage and children. The findings are from data collected in 2013 for the fourth wave of ...