Marriage
Rabbi warns ring proposals could accidentally create a Jewish marriage, need divorce if called off
Beersheba Chief Rabbi Avraham Deri warned that a ring proposal before witnesses could create a halachic marriage, meaning a couple could later need a religious divorce.
Police detain 16 in renewed Yavne’el child-marriage investigation
California legislature votes to ban child marriage and empower forced marriage victims
Former Gaza hostage Emily Damari marries partner Dani Amit in Tel Aviv wedding celebration
After months apart on reserve duty, married Israeli couples face a new challenge at home
A 2024 study, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior, of couples during the current war found that wartime stress sharply reduces sexual well-being and emotional closeness.
Chief Rabbinate Council sets new financial range for ketubahs
The new range aims to prevent grooms from pledging sums they cannot pay while preserving a meaningful minimum that provides wives with genuine financial protection.
Parashat Ki Tetze: Set adrift on the island of Elul
Parashat Ki Tetze abruptly shifts from collective responsibilities to personal ones. It is the densest legal section of the Torah, containing more commandments than any other parasha.
Parashat Ki Tetze: Creating a deep bond and the secret of marriage
The relationship between a man and a woman is also, in a sense, a reflection of the relationship between a person and his Creator.
US charges 11 in $100K-per-person scheme arranging 1,000 sham marriages for Chinese nationals
Attorney General Todd Blanche described the scheme as "one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in US history" and said it showed "how far people will go to cheat our immigration system."
Which Israeli cities are best for singles?
What happened to the marriage age, which cities have the highest number of singles over age 45, and where do Israelis prefer to tie the knot abroad?
More than 10,000 Jewish singles set to take part in 'world's largest speed dating event'
"We are not just running an event. We are building a community, one date at a time," said one of the event's lead organizers.
European Parliament demands Pakistan free 13-year-old Christian girl in forced marriage, conversion
Shahbaz was married to her abductor in March, despite most provinces requiring a person to be at least 18 to marry.
Italy upholds sentencing for ‘barbaric’ murderers of honor killed teenager Saman Abbas
Abbas moved to northern Italy from Pakistan as a teenager, where she quickly adapted to Western culture, a shift that deeply angered her family.
'Date, marry, shag': Australia PM Anthony Albanese apologizes for crude Kylie Minogue remark
Albanese initially declined to respond, saying he was recently married, but Osborne pressed, asking who he would choose if his marriage broke down, and Albanese replied, "Kylie, clearly."
