Category Archives: Couple Agreements
Head to Head / Isn’t New York’s take on same-sex marriage a major step?
An interview with family rights activist Irit Rosenblum. By Tomer Zarchin Attorney Irit Rosenblum, the founder and chairperson of the New Family Organization for Advancement of Family Rights, each year handles hundreds of cases involving homosexual and lesbian couples that are heard primarily in the family affairs courts. These involve requests by same-sex couples to [...]
להמשך קריאהWho does the ‘Partnership Covenant Law’ help, if anyone?
The law may serve at best 30,000 people without a recognized religion, but does not provide a response to more than 300,000 people whose Jewish status is in doubt. The proof lies in the fact that law after the law went into effect, there has been only one application for a Partnership Covenant union! By: [...]
להמשך קריאהFinancial Agreement ? Let’s sign with love
Mr. Troll and Ms. Troll fell in love. Will you move in with me? Shall we sign a financial agreement? We agree. Let’s sign with love. Sealed with a kiss. This agreement was drawn up and signed lovingly in Tel Aviv between Mr. Troll Israeli and Ms. Troll Canaanite. . For further information, go to [...]
להמשך קריאהI Do, Or I Don’t
I have found my life partner! WhooHoo, Yay for me! The question facing me now is whether or not to get married. I felt so proud when my best friend told me she was getting married. She explained to me that they knew they wanted to be together and wanted to take it to the [...]
להמשך קריאהSome Families Don’t Count
Some families don’t count. New Family founder and executive director Irit Rosenblum said in response to data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics that some families won’t be included in those statistics. She says, ‘Close to 200,000 families in Israel will not find themselves in the statistics gathered by the Central Bureau of Statistics [...]
להמשך קריאהISRAEL, a paradise for gay families / by NATHALIE HAMOU in Israel
The Israeli gay community is one the most dynamic in the world. It’s peculiarity: many couples do not conceive leading a life without having children. Every Friday, the Center for gays and lesbians in Tel-Aviv, nestled on the edge of a public garden, is starting to appear like a baby nursery. Not without reason. According [...]
להמשך קריאהParents petition Population Registry Law ‘bastard clause’ / By RUTH EGLASH
Mother and common-law partner embroiled in legal battle over law which forbids woman to remarry for at least 90 days after being divorced. It was a happy occasion when Michal (not her real name) gave birth to her first child in June. However, just weeks later, when she arrived at the Interior Ministry to register [...]
להמשך קריאהExposing the ‘Partnership Covenant for Religionless’
Not only does this law not provide an alternative to marriage in the rabbinic establishment, it fortifies religious coercion and the Orthodox monopoly over family life. If you support the “Partnership Covenant” because you believe it is liberal or enlightened, think again. Read the final version of the law confirmed last week and ponder the [...]
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Common-law marriage now!
I propose “privatizing” marriage in Israel, not in the capitalist sense of letting a corporation profit from government responsibilities, but by restoring civil liberties and privacy to the individual by choosing common-law marriage.
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