A leading Orthodox rabbi in Israel called for the institution of civil marriages in Israel that will carry no religious weight. Yisrael Rosen, the head of the Chief Rabbinate’s Conversion Authority, said he believes his proposal for “sub-marriages” is necessary because of the high number of recent immigrants to Israel who are not Jewish.
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