Author Archives: New Family
‘Prove that you have a daughter’
Baby Dana was born prematurely, 270 days after her mother’s divorce. An archaic law requires that a baby born less than 300 days after a divorce be registered as the child of the mother’s former husband. The result: Dana’s biological father is not recognized. The Ministry of the Interior: ‘Our hands our tied’. Dana’s only […]
להמשך קריאה Impose a ‘violence tax’ on family violence offenders / By IRIT ROSENBLUM
Family batterers need to recognize that there is a painful financial price for their abuse. A wave of horrific incidents of violence in the family washed over Israel in the last week. On November 8, we awoke to the stabbing by her husband of a woman who hovered between life and death before succumbing to […]
להמשך קריאה Parents petition Population Registry Law ‘bastard clause’ / By RUTH EGLASH
Mother and common-law partner embroiled in legal battle over law which forbids woman to remarry for at least 90 days after being divorced. It was a happy occasion when Michal (not her real name) gave birth to her first child in June. However, just weeks later, when she arrived at the Interior Ministry to register […]
להמשך קריאה Exposing the ‘Partnership Covenant for Religionless’
Not only does this law not provide an alternative to marriage in the rabbinic establishment, it fortifies religious coercion and the Orthodox monopoly over family life. If you support the “Partnership Covenant” because you believe it is liberal or enlightened, think again. Read the final version of the law confirmed last week and ponder the […]
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Legal precedent: a man can adopt the child of his spouse
By: Gilad Grossman, Walla! News Until now, the law did not allow homosexuals to adopt the children of their partners, because the child has two official parents. Thursday, the court ruled that a man could adopt the biological son of his partner. Family Court in Jerusalem ruled Thursday for the first time that a man […]
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Legal ruling will allow gay men to adopt partner’s child
By RUTH EGLASH “This is a big step for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in Israel,” commented lawyer Irit Rosenblum. A breakthrough legal ruling in the Jerusalem Family Court on Thursday will pave the way for homosexuals to officially adopt their partner’s or spouse’s child, the Tel Aviv-based New Family organization told The […]
להמשך קריאה New Family fills a crucial gap in the theory and practice of law and human rights
New Family fills a crucial gap in the theory and practice of law and human rights, by working for equal family rights for all residents of Israel, including the rights to marry, divorce, have children, register spouses and children, and conduct family life regardless of religion, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, or status. Since 1998, New […]
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Family Matters: Mishpoche Enablers
By: Leora Eren Frucht Yulia and Slav Pozniansky, an Israeli couple in their fifties, enjoy being grandparents to their oldest son’s three children. They crave the chance to be grandparents to the offspring of their younger son, Baruch, as well. But that is more difficult since Baruch is dead. The story does not end there. […]
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Man wants child from dead wife’s embryos / By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A-G deliberates on widowed would-be dad. The Health Ministry would not comment Tuesday on charges that it has refused to allow a 40- year-old man to use his late wife’s embryos to produce their genetic children using a surrogate mother. The man, N., whose wife died last year, has expressed her wishes that after her […]
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