Category Archives: Marriage and Civil Marriage
Gay Partnership / Same-Sex Couples
New Family is the recognized authority on GLBT family rights in Israel and provides expertise on living same-sex family life in Israel in dignity that no other entity can. Lesbians, gays and transgender benefit from New Family’s expertise in accessing new reproductive, parenting and family rights made available to them by New Family’s strategic litigation […]
להמשך קריאה Financial 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 קריאה Enough is Enough: Put Family First
The world is going crazy around us. You could make varying arguments for when it started going crazy, but that’s neither interesting, productive, or important – the fact remains that the world has taken a bunch of crazy pills and we get to see its reactions to these crazy pills. With governments falling left and […]
להמשך קריאה Lost in Translation
Since marrying into an Israeli family and moving here, I cannot help compare the differences between American Jewry and Israeli Jewry. What is perhaps even more interesting is examining the two different community’s perceptions of one another. Bound by religion, shared history and a complex combination of ethnicity and what can only be referred to […]
להמשך קריאה I 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 קריאה In Wisdom and Beauty
בְּחָכְמָה, יִבָּנֶה בָּיִת; וּבִתְבוּנָה, יִתְכּוֹנָן. וּבְדַעַת, חֲדָרִים יִמָּלְאוּ– כָּל-הוֹן יָקָר וְנָעִים. Through wisdom is a house built, and through understanding it is established, and with knowledge the rooms are filled with precious and pleasant riches. (Proverbs 24:3-4) When I went to see my aunt and uncle for Thanksgiving dinner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last […]
להמשך קריאה (in)validity
I had an exceedingly easy aliyah experience. With the right blood and the right surnames, I became a citizen of Israel, with the same rights as any Israeli Jew, in less than a year. Ironically, my husband’s paperwork was more of a headache than mine; a “katin hozer” (returning minor) and Israeli citizen by birth, […]
להמשך קריאה Some 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 קריאה Common Law Marriage ID Card
What is Common Law Marriage? A common-law couple is defined as two adult partners of any gender, religion or nationality that live together and share financial responsibilities as a family unit without having conducted a marriage ceremony that is recognized by the state. A couple in a romantic relationship that does not live together or […]
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Weddings on the Front Line
Muslims and Jews joined in love face ancient hatreds TAMI ZER and SJIFRA HERSCHBERG | Oct 27, 2003 THE FOUR AMERICANS were on an innocent mission in the Gaza Strip to interview candidates for Fulbright scholarships to U.S. universities when a bomb exploded under their vehicle, killing three and injuring one. It was the second […]
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