Intermarriage in israel

'Upside-Down Love': An Israeli-Palestinian memoir of marriage across borders

Israeli-American lawyer Sari Bashi recounts in her memoir a relationship shaped by restriction and distance, where love unfolds within the limits of the law

Sari Bashi is an Israeli-American human rights lawyer, author, and activist specializing in international humanitarian law and Israeli policy.
An illustrative photo of a Jewish wedding in front of the Mediterranean Sea.

We need to think about how to tackle Jewish intermarriage - editorial

 Wedding (Illustrative).

All citizens of Israel should be allowed to marry - opinion

 THE GROOM breaks a glass, the traditional conclusion of a Jewish wedding ceremony. We have witnessed a narrowing of ethnic gaps and greater intermingling of Ashkenazim and Mizrahim, perhaps most significantly in ethnic intermarriage, says the writer.

Which country has the highest rate of Jewish intermarriage in the world?


Reversed ban allows Conservative rabbis to attend intermarriages

“Clergy of the Conservative/Masorti movement may officiate at weddings only if both parties are Jewish,” the law committee’s ruling read.

Wedding rings [Illustrative]

Private lives, public debate: Tzachi Halevy and Lucy Aharish's marriage

Politicians who care about intermarriage should focus on a lot more than the choices of two individuals

News anchor Lucy Aharish [L] and Actor Tzahi Halevi [R]

Controversy over celebrity marriage a stain on Israel

Israeli leaders lose the plot following the marriage between Jewish-Israeli actor Tzachi Halevi and Muslim-Israeli news anchor Lucy Aharish

Wedding rings [Illustrative]

Jewish ‘Fauda’ star sparks controversy over marriage to Muslim news anchor

"The pain of assimilation around the world is destroying the Jewish nation," said Interior Minister Arye Deri.

News anchor Lucy Aharish [L] and Actor Tzahi Halevi [R]

Progéniture maudite

Le Shin Bet s’inquiète de l’augmentation du nombre de terroristes issus d’unions entre Arabes israéliens et Palestiniens

Le sergent Ron Yitzhak Koukia, 19 ans, poignardé dans une ville du Néguev

The real reason for high Jewish intermarriage rates

The Jerusalem Post

#44 Dorit Rabinyan - The novelist who hit a nerve

Israel’s Education Ministry, headed by Naftali Bennett, targeted her novel in response to high school teachers who began including it on their lists of required reading.

Author Dorit Rabinyan holding her controversial book 'Borderlife.'

Christmas tree or Hanukka bush: Do they have their place in a Jewish home?

Mixed families and secular Jews explore the December dilemma.

A giant menorah stands in front of a Christmas tree at the Brandenburg gate to celebrate Hanukkah in Berlin December 16, 2014

Foreign common-law spouses, including gays, can become dual nationals

The state altered its position on the issue on August 1, with the High Court issuing a ruling on August 4. But the decision has come to light only now.

Gay marriage

Public unaware that civil divorce unavailable in Israel poll finds

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2013, 8,939 marriages were conducted abroad with at least one Israeli spouse were registered in Israel.

Divorce