Author Archives: New Family
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 […]
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President Shimon Peres yesterday joined the campaign to allow a gay father to bring his infant twin sons
May 20, 2010 President Shimon Peres yesterday joined the campaign to allow a gay father to bring his infant twin sons, who were born to a surrogate mother in India, to Israel. Dan Goldberg has been stranded with the twins in a Mumbai hotel for two months, due to the Interior Ministry’s refusal to administer […]
להמשך קריאה Dan Goldberg is set to return home to Jerusalem in the coming days with his newborn twins Itai and Liron
Dan Goldberg is set to return home to Jerusalem in the coming days with his newborn twins Itai and Liron. Goldberg, a gay man, has been fighting a legal battle with Israel’s authorities since the babies were born two months ago. Goldberg is represented by NIF grantee New Family: Organization for Family Rights. Goldberg, 45 […]
להמשך קריאה Alternative Parenthood
Shared Parenthood Agreement The choice of becoming parents without being in a relationship or living together as a couple is given to all of us. Today, more and more men and women are establishing ‘untraditional’ families. There are families of single parents, same-sex couples and blended families. In any case, if a child is raised […]
להמשך קריאה Israeli campaigner, career booster and filmaker celebrated at Ogunte awards / by Claudia Cahalane
Jobeda Ali of Fair Knowledge won the Social Business Leader 2010 award at last night’s Ogunte women’s social leadership awards, in conjunction with the RSA. Ali is pictured with speaker Dr Rachel Armstrong. A woman who campaigns for family rights in Israel, the founder of a company which increases the career prospects of women in […]
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 […]
להמשך קריאה Gay father of surrogates stuck in India / By RUTH EGLASH
Dan Goldberg appeals to Peres for help bring twins to Israel. A homosexual father of twins born to a surrogate mother in India two months ago has appealed to President Shimon Peres for help in enabling him and the babies to enter Israel after being initially turned down by the Jerusalem Family Court. Jerusalem resident […]
להמשך קריאה Advocate Irit Rosenblum: The Ministry of Health is Preventing a Widower from Bringing His Children to the World
The Ministry of Health will not allow a 40-year old widower to actualize his right to parenthood and to execute his deceased wife’s will to bring their children to the world. New Family organization, which is handling the case, asks to respect the widower’s right to parenthood and to carry out his deceased wife’s will. […]
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Our Social Time Bomb
We need a revolution that will lift the country from the cycle of poverty and bring us into the family of OECD nations. In January 2010, Israel was unanimously invited to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). With the prestige of being inaugurated into the exclusive financial organization, its induction allowed its […]
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