‘Civil Solution’ Needed for Israel’s Religious Marriage Monopoly
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Israel as Home
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In this clip (04:37), meet a handful of the thousands of couples who are unable to get married in Israel each year. Israel being the only democratic country that does not offer a civil marriage option, many couples who do not meet the religious Jewish criteria for marriage choose to either tie the knot abroad or not tie the knot at all. Hear a few of their stories here.