Author Archives: New Family

About New Family
New Family fills a crucial gap in the theory and practice of law and human rights, by working for equal family rights for all residents of Israel, including the rights to marry, divorce, have children, register spouses and children, and conduct family life regardless of religion, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, or status.
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Israel’s Double Game on the Surrogacy Issue

By Irit Rosenblum, Founder and Executive Director of New Family Organization, and an expert on family law and fertility.   The earthquake in Nepal reopened the surrogacy dilemma – whether the right to have children applies to Israeli couples who can’t have children naturally, including same-sex couples, and if so, how much responsibility do the […]

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Israeli court decides dead man’s sperm can be used after all

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Creating New Life from the Dead by Biological Will™

The child of the IDF solider Keivan Cohen, shot dead in Gaza in 2002, was born eleven years after his death.

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IDF Solider to Become Father by Biological Will™ 11 Years After Death

IDF Solider to Become Father by Biological Will™ 11 Years After Death

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How did the secular majority became a persecuted minority?

By IRIT ROSENBLUM A woman refused a divorce cannot break free from the shackles of marriage and rebuild her life. The battle for leadership of the Chief Rabbinate has heated up recently. This is the first time the race for chief rabbi has gotten so much media exposure. Why should the secular public care about […]

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Irit Rosenblum’s dream comes true

Woman gives birth using dead man’s frozen sperm In precedent setting case, bereaved parents gain granddaughter after finding woman intent on motherhood, not sperm bank. Irit Rosenblum: this provides women with new ‘avenue of motherhood’ Eti Abramov “Yedioth Achronot”© R., a three-week-old baby, will never get to meet her father, who died of cancer six […]

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Where is the protest?

Family justice would start with passing a Basic Law that would recognize different types of families and parenting constellations, and would establish genuine civil marriage. By Irit Rosenblum | Dec.28, 2012 | The cry reverberates throughout the land. People march to Knesset. A Facebook campaign is launched. People take to the streets. Politicians kiss babies, […]

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The mikve as a symbol of religious freedom / By IRIT ROSENBLUM

The rational majority in Israel can – and must – work to change the relationship between religion and state. The time for true religious freedom has come. Since Israel has no constitution, and no basic law that defines the relationship between religion and state, exclusive religious jurisdiction over family life in Israel means that the […]

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Biological Will™ Presentation at Urology Symposium

Presentation made at the The Friends of Israel – Urology Symposium (FOIU), Tel Aviv, Israel, July 3-5, 2012.

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