Category Archives: English
Israeli Attorney Suggests Common-Law Marriage As an Act of Civil Disobedience
In response to the Israeli Rabbinate’s monopoly on marriage in Israel, the author suggests an act of civil disobedience. Common-law marriage is an act of protest against a corrupt system of religious marriage and divorce in Israel. Israel’s system of marriage and divorce constitutes a commercial industry that sustains itself through exclusion, discrimination and commercialization […]
להמשך קריאה AG approves parents’ use of dead son’s sperm
Haifa family court debates parents’ request to impregnate woman with dead son’s sperm, even though two never met. Weinstein has no objection, contrary to former office holder Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein does not object to two parents’ request to use their dead son’s sperm to impregnate a woman, a complete stranger to him while he […]
להמשך קריאה The real revolution is for common-law partnership
By IRIT ROSENBLUM Common-law marriage is the expression of autonomy in family relations. It is a declaration of partnership. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni declared a civil revolution with the opening of the Knesset’s winter session. In Israel of 2013, the right to civil marriage is a political quagmire, and issues that the western world forgot […]
להמשך קריאה How did the secular majority became a persecuted minority?
By IRIT ROSENBLUM A woman refused a divorce cannot break free from the shackles of marriage and rebuild her life. The battle for leadership of the Chief Rabbinate has heated up recently. This is the first time the race for chief rabbi has gotten so much media exposure. Why should the secular public care about […]
להמשך קריאה The Biological Will™ – a New Paradigm in ART?
Irit Rosenblum, Founder and Executive Director, New Family Organization, Tel Aviv, Israel SUMMARY Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are constantly sophisticating, opening up infinite reproductive possibilities and biological and social parenting constellations. The Biological Will™ is an innovative solution to the legal and moral quandaries presented by new ART. The Biological Will™ is legal testament that […]
להמשך קריאה Where is the protest?
Family justice would start with passing a Basic Law that would recognize different types of families and parenting constellations, and would establish genuine civil marriage. By Irit Rosenblum | Dec.28, 2012 | The cry reverberates throughout the land. People march to Knesset. A Facebook campaign is launched. People take to the streets. Politicians kiss babies, […]
להמשך קריאה The mikve as a symbol of religious freedom / By IRIT ROSENBLUM
The rational majority in Israel can – and must – work to change the relationship between religion and state. The time for true religious freedom has come. Since Israel has no constitution, and no basic law that defines the relationship between religion and state, exclusive religious jurisdiction over family life in Israel means that the […]
להמשך קריאה Irit Rosenblum at the Equality Forum 2012
‘We must continue to fight for everyone’s right to form a family until that freedom is enshrined in law.’ – Irit Rosenblum New Family, headed by attorney Irit Rosenblum, was invited by the Israeli Foreign Ministry to participate in the Israeli delegation to 20th annual Equality Forum held this week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. For […]
להמשך קריאה Israel’s ‘black widows’ / Irit Rosenblum – Haaretz
The prevailing view, held by Rabbi Yehudah Hanasi, is that a woman is presumed “fatal” after the death of two husbands.
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People-Powered Social Revolution in Israel Promotes Rights of Same-Sex Families
By Irit Rosenblum Legislators react. They don’t enact. A politician who declares a revolution is actually just announcing the phenomenon that he seeks to legislate can no longer be ignored. The real changes are made by people, by society, by individual choices and actions, not by political statements or election propaganda. The legislator simply updates […]
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