"Israeli law grants authority over all matters of marriage of Jews in Israel to the Orthodox Rabbinate. The law does not provide for civil marriage and non-Orthodox Rabbis are not allowed to perform marriages. [...]
The current situation results in severe limitations on the right to marry and found a family. Citizens without a religion make up a large number of those affected. It is estimated that out of the 800,000 new immigrants from the Former Soviet Union that have come to Israel since 1989, approximately 30% are not Jewish by Orthodox standards (according to Chief Rabbinate and Interior Ministry sources). In addition, the Chief Rabbinate does not recognize as Jews those who converted abroad in non-Orthodox conversions and will not marry them. Interfaith couples also cannot marry in Israel, even if one partner has no religion."
http://www.irac.org/article_e.asp?artid=16 (you do not need to install Hebrew, though such question appear for this link)
2006-08-16 04:07:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I dont know it is something to think about!
2006-08-20 16:10:13 · answer #1 · answered by cowboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a fundamental problem for Israel if it refuses to recognize civil marriages from other countries.
If I can step off a plane and say that I am Jewish because my mother was Jewish and instantly become a Jewish citizen, there has to be some equivalent for civil marriage in Israel.
2006-08-18 09:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can do whatever is good for them. I just worry about the democracy in our country.
2006-08-16 04:13:26 · answer #3 · answered by elgil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would and i agree with israeli law
2006-08-21 23:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by vincent vega 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we cant do anything about that..I dont agree with it but who are we to impose our beliefs right??
2006-08-18 02:13:51 · answer #5 · answered by wittlewabbit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
deep question, i would'nt know..sorry
2006-08-21 10:08:34 · answer #6 · answered by addybme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really about this matter
2006-08-20 16:47:57 · answer #7 · answered by yogesh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋