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MKs: Extend order barring citizenship through marriage for Palestinians

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Lawmakers in Jerusalem on Monday gave initial approval to renewing a temporary order barring Palestinians from Judea, Samaria and Gaza from automatically receiving Israeli citizenship through marriage, amid growing calls to enact permanent legislation,...
Birthright participants pose for a picture. Credit: Courtesy of Birthright Israel.

US Birthright participants 160% more likely to marry Jews

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U.S. Jews who participated in Birthright trips to Israel are more highly identified and engaged in communal life than their peers who did not, according to an analysis of the Pew Research Center’s 2020...
Illustrative image. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli court sets precedent by recognizing online civil marriages

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In a landmark ruling, The Lod District Court has found that the state must recognize online civil marriages, according to Israeli media reports. In her ruling on Friday, Judge Efrat Fink wrote that a public...
A discussion on the “family reunification law” during a plenum session in the Knesset on July 6, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Citizenship Law gets second chance as Knesset passes first reading

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The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law has a new lease on life, passing its first reading in the Knesset on Feb. 7, the start of a lengthy legislative process. The law, which essentially...
Hezbollah fighters holding the terror group's flags. Credit: nsf2019/Shutterstock.

Hezbollah’s notorious Unit 133 is back in business

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Earlier this month, the Israel Defense Force and Israel Police announced that they had thwarted a significant weapons-smuggling attempt from Lebanon into Israel. A total of 43 firearms worth millions of shekels were confiscated...
An Israeli couple on their wedding day photoshoot in a blossoming almond tree field in Latrun, near Jerusalem, on February 25, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Israel to launch ‘happy badge’ program for weddings and large events

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With Israel’s wedding season a week away and the rate of COVID-19 infection rising, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett signed off on a program on Thursday that would allow weddings and other celebrations to...
(L-R) Israeli minister of Defense Benny Gantz, minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Minister of Justice Gideon Saar during a discussion on the "family reunification law", during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

A flood of Palestinians into Israel? Citizenship law fails to pass, despite security issues

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Politics makes strange bedfellows. In the predawn hours of Tuesday morning, the Likud Party celebrated alongside the anti-Zionist Joint Arab List, as the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, meant to bolster Israel’s security...
Eleven Bnei Menashe couples who immigrated to Israel from northeastern India were remarried in a group ceremony near Netanya after completing their formal conversion to Judaism by the Chief Rabbinate, Feb. 3, 2021. Photo by Laura Ben David, courtesy of Shavei Israel.

Bnei Menashe couples from India remarry near Netanya

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Eleven Bnei Menashe couples who immigrated to Israel from northeastern India were remarried in a group ceremony at Shavei Israel’s absorption center near Netanya after completing their formal conversion to Judaism by the Chief Rabbinate. The 11...

Want to change the world? Begin in the Jewish home

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Jewish tradition cites Rosh Hashanah as the day on which the world was created. The day on which the creation of the first man was completed and, in effect, humanity was created. On Rosh Hashanah,...
Miriam and Mickey Polevoy celebrating a significantly smaller wedding in Jerusalem due to restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic. Credit: Avigail Tresgallo Photography.

Saying ‘I Do’ when the world keeps issuing ‘Don’t’s

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Despite the expanding limitations on events and gatherings in the context of the rising global coronavirus pandemic, Jewish couples in Israel are finding innovative ways to continue with their wedding plans. Jewish Israeli couples...