Tag: marriage

Parshat Yitro contains the most important piece in the narrative of the Jewish people, the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai, when the nation and God are 'married.

According to the Egyptian scholar, while Mary will be Mohamed's "senior wife," the rest of his polygamous family will consist of “Asiya, the wife of the pharaoh; and Khadija bint Khuwaylid [the first wife of the Prophet]."

Former President George HW Bush is in the ICU with pneumonia; his wife Barbara is hospitalized with bronchitis. Both are in their 90s.

MK Oren Hazan proposed on stage...

By Michael Bachner/TPS Jerusalem (TPS) – Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has published data on marriage in Israel ahead of Tu B’av, the Jewish...

The Anachnu NGO received many requests from gay men asking to be set up with lesbian women...

No marriage has lasted so long, been so deep in its commitment and so overwhelming in its love as the one between the Jews and their homeland-more than 3,500 years and going strong.

5 CLEAR guidelines to help Jewish marriages: Communication, Love, Exclusivity, Attention, and Respect (CLEAR)

The husband said that at his old age he wants to live with a woman, “who can make him a cup of tea,” hence the request from the court.

Two alumni from the Israeli 'Stand With Israel' Fellowship program just conducted their own military engagement while on duty as IDF reservists.

Under the Chupah, this Chatan and Kallah prayed for the kidnapped boys and the soldiers searching for them. It's OK to cry while watching it.

The Israeli Chief Rabbinate has come to its sense before letting the damage get out of control.

The new law that the Knesset passed Monday night to allow couples to register for marriages wherever they want will help prevent civil marriages...

A seemingly minor law on where couples can register for marriage permits passed the Knesset and opens a new era in which Israelis will not be at the mercy of Haredi rabbis’ demands.

Many Jewish women suffer as “agunahs,” unable to re-marry because their husbands refuse them divorces. Four Jews, two of them rabbis, allegedly took the law into their hands and beat husbands until they agreed.

Britain's chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, is blaming British Prime Minister David Cameron for failing to do enough to boost marriages in the UK, and...

The Religious Council of Petach Tikvah, located next to Tel Aviv, is generally known to give problems for couple wanting to get married by...

Rav Ovadia Yosef, the same rabbi who last month call national religious Rabbi Stav “evil,” now says he really loves knitted kippa Jews. Well, most of them. Their political leaders still are Amalek. Happy Tu B'Av.

The left's deconstruction of social institutions is not a quest for equality, but for destruction.

People, we are being hoodwinked. No matter what the government says, the government does not define marriage, nor can it.

Who individuals are attracted to is none of our business and shouldn’t influence our encounters with them, but that is different than the normalization of gay sex.

Men ultimately fall in love with those women who bring out their best qualities.

Many singles are not facing a crisis of shidduchim but a crisis of identity, wrestling with existential questions most families simply do not have the time to consider.

If the Ketubah would be taken seriously, as an enforceable legal document then there would be fewer agunot, "chained" women awaiting Jewish divorce from their husbands.

Tzipi has a lot more important things to celebrate now!

Approximately 20 percent of British citizens have debts that they have not disclosed to their partners.

Individual therapy can be very helpful as long as the therapist does not turn his or her client against the spouse without hearing their side of it.

My own experiences within the shidduch system has caused me to question it considerably.

Self esteem is one of the most important factors influencing human behavior. Despite what some people believe, self esteem can be a critical issue in marriage, where unresolved identity issues from childhood can place unwanted stress on a relationship.

Dear Dr. Yael: I am writing to you in regards to your article, “Easing The Trauma Of Divorce” (Dear Dr. Yael, 11-16). Now in my 30s, I am the product of a divorced home in which my parents made me, an only child, a pawn. Throughout my life the trauma and hatred I witnessed between my parents was unbearable. As a result, I am terrified to get married, despite the desire to do so in a normal and happy setting. I have gone for therapy, but this great fear is hard to overcome. I wonder if this feeling will ever leave me.