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Who Would You Be Allowed to Marry in Israel Today?

No civil marriage, no mixed marriage: Tying the knot in Israel remains in the hands of religious authorities.

Ariel David
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On the website of Hiddush, a nonprofit organization that promotes religious freedom and equality in Israel, there is a showing countries that restrict freedom of marriage. The countries given as imposing “severe restrictions” include most states between Morocco to the west and Pakistan to the east. And Israel is no exception.

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