Tag Archives: Irit Rosenblum
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 Biological Will™ Presentation at Urology Symposium
Presentation made at the The Friends of Israel – Urology Symposium (FOIU), Tel Aviv, Israel, July 3-5, 2012.
להמשך קריאה Common-law marriage now!
I propose “privatizing” marriage in Israel, not in the capitalist sense of letting a corporation profit from government responsibilities, but by restoring civil liberties and privacy to the individual by choosing common-law marriage.
להמשך קריאה Don’t Call It Murder
By IRIT ROSENBLUM LAST UPDATED: 01/02/2011 With one simple ruling, our chief rabbis have turned women with unwanted pregnancies into heinous criminals who should be apprehended. Every year, the chief rabbis launch an aggressive campaign to prevent abortions. The guardians of women’s bodies preach about the importance of maintaining pregnancies, even unwanted ones. Last month, […]
להמשך קריאה Call Exclusion of Women A Hate Crime
By Irit Rosenblum It was about 340 B.C when Greek philosopher Aristotle made an astute observation. Governments are inherently unstable. They rise and fall cyclically, and each form of positive government deteriorates to its negative congruent. Monarchy, or the rule of one, becomes tyranny when a king appropriates too much authority. Aristocracy, the rule of […]
להמשך קריאה In my own write: A perfect love
From the Jerusalem Post By JUDY MONTAGU June 28, 2011 In Israel, 300,000 individuals are suffering through grandparents being cut off from their grandchildren. Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild – Welsh proverb ‘Savta – when are you coming again?” I heard my neighbor’s little girl call to her grandmother from […]
להמשך קריאה Head to Head / Isn’t New York’s take on same-sex marriage a major step?
An interview with family rights activist Irit Rosenblum. By Tomer Zarchin Attorney Irit Rosenblum, the founder and chairperson of the New Family Organization for Advancement of Family Rights, each year handles hundreds of cases involving homosexual and lesbian couples that are heard primarily in the family affairs courts. These involve requests by same-sex couples to […]
להמשך קריאה Nearly Half the Families in Israel Are Outside of the Consensus
“Nearly half the families in Israel are outside of the consensus”, says Advocate Irit Rosenblum, Founder and Executive Director of New Family. “The state mistreats 800,000 families. Women who have civil wedding in Cyprus, for example, are not entitled to alimony.” “I began to formulate the idea of New Family in the middle of […]
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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 […]
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