Category Archives: Common Law Marriage ID Card

Israeli Attorney Suggests Common-Law Marriage As an Act of Civil Disobedience

In response to the Israeli Rabbinate’s monopoly on marriage in Israel, the author suggests an act of civil disobedience. Common-law marriage is an act of protest against a corrupt system of religious marriage and divorce in Israel. Israel’s system of marriage and divorce constitutes a commercial industry that sustains itself through exclusion, discrimination and commercialization […]

להמשך קריאה
Also posted in Civil Marriage, Common Law Marriage, Common Law Marriage and Common Law Marriage ID Cards, Domestic Union Cards, English, Marriage and Civil Marriage, Marriage Ceremonies, Media | 3 Comments

The real revolution is for common-law partnership

By IRIT ROSENBLUM Common-law marriage is the expression of autonomy in family relations. It is a declaration of partnership. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni declared a civil revolution with the opening of the Knesset’s winter session. In Israel of 2013, the right to civil marriage is a political quagmire, and issues that the western world forgot […]

להמשך קריאה
Also posted in Articles and Op-eds, Civil Marriage, Common Law Marriage, Common Law Marriage and Common Law Marriage ID Cards, Couple Agreements, Domestic Union Cards, English, Marriage and Civil Marriage, Marriage Ceremonies, Media | Leave a comment

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.

להמשך קריאה
Also posted in Civil Marriage, Common Law Marriage, Common Law Marriage and Common Law Marriage ID Cards, Couple Agreements, Marriage Ceremonies | 1 Comment

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 קריאה
Also posted in Alternative Parenthood, Civil Marriage, Common Law Marriage, Common Law Marriage and Common Law Marriage ID Cards, Couple Agreements, Gay Partnership, Legal Advice and Assistance, Legal Advice and Consultion, Legislative and Policy Advocacy, Marriage and Civil Marriage, Marriage Ceremonies | Leave a comment

Don’t Wed in Cyprus

Don’t wed in Cyprus! New Family’s Common-Law Marriage ID Cards confer couples who can’t or choose not to marry religiously status and rights equal to officially married couples by recognizing them as common-law spouses in Israel’s institutions. Common-Law Marriage ID’s protect couples’ integrity by circumventing religious jurisdiction, avoiding capitulation to the outrageous demands of the […]

להמשך קריאה
Also posted in Civil Marriage, Common Law Marriage, Common Law Marriage and Common Law Marriage ID Cards, Marriage and Civil Marriage, Marriage Ceremonies | Leave a comment

Facebook Fairy Tale

להמשך קריאה
Also posted in Civil Marriage, Common Law Marriage, Common Law Marriage and Common Law Marriage ID Cards, Couple Agreements, Marriage and Civil Marriage, Marriage Ceremonies, Uncategorized, Videos | Leave a comment

(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
Also posted in Articles and Op-eds, Civil Marriage, Common Law Marriage, Common Law Marriage and Common Law Marriage ID Cards, English, Marriage and Civil Marriage | Leave a comment

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
Also posted in Alternative Parenthood, Civil Marriage, Common Law Marriage, Common Law Marriage and Common Law Marriage ID Cards, Couple Agreements, Data and Statistics, Gay Partnership, Marriage and Civil Marriage, Marriage Ceremonies, Parenthood, Surrogacy, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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
Also posted in Common Law Marriage, Common Law Marriage and Common Law Marriage ID Cards, Marriage and Civil Marriage | Leave a comment

ISRAEL, 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 קריאה
Also posted in Civil Marriage, Couple Agreements, English, Gay Partnership, Media | Leave a comment