Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim warned today that last week’s Supreme Court decision, ordering the Interior Ministry to register mixed marriages contracted abroad by Israelis of different faiths, is “endangering the unity of the nation. ” Noting that Israel’s marriage and divorce laws were aimed at unifying Jewry, Rabbi Nissim declared in a statement released by the Chief Rabbinate that the Court ruling would make a “mockery” of these laws, and force the State to recognize the marriages of persons seeking to circumvent the law.
The Rabbinate also announced that Rabbi Nissim would convene a special session of the Chief Rabbinate Council to discuss the situation arising from the Supreme Court ruling.
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