Archive for the ‘Marriage’ tag
Closed Society: March 24, 2012
A 14 year old boy reported that his class was asked in school to answer the question “what does it mean to be a good Jew?”. The teacher wrote several answers on the blackboard, including: serving in the army, marrying another Jew, visiting holy sites, and supporting the state.
(Hebrew)
State and Religion: March 5, 2012
The Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs approved a bill which would raise the minimum marriage age from 17 to 18, but stipulates that the children of religious leaders would be exempt from the bill.
(Hebrew - Haaretz)
Economy and Society: July 5, 2011
A United Nations report on women’s rights, states that substantially, there is no equality in Israel between men and women, regarding marriage and family relations.
(Hebrew)
Closed Society: 25 March, 2011
Politicos in the ultra-Orthodox settlement city of Modi’in Ilit married off a 13 year-old girl this week, as a “correction” for starting to see a 16 year-old. The marriage took place in opposition to a court order forbidding the parents from marrying off their daughter, and against the protest of the city’s rabbis.
(Hebrew)
