A recent front-page article in The New York Times looks at how civil unions are gaining on marriage as the preferred method of commitment for heterosexual couples in France. (For homosexual couples, it is their only choice) The pacte civil de solidarité, known as PACS, have become increasingly common over the last 10 years with…
In Belinda Luscombe’s recent article in Time magazine, “Who Needs Marriage? How an American Institution Is Changing,” she assess the state of marriage today, pointing out that of all the changes marriage has gone through in the last 50 years — the biggest shift being the gap between the marriage rates of rich and poor….
It was a marriage proposal for the record books — or at least that’s what the engaged couple is hoping. An Israeli physics student is seeking a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records after popping the question to his girlfriend, in what the pair claim is the “smallest wedding proposal” in history. Rather…
L’Chaim! It’s nearly time to celebrate for the 60,000 Israelis who, until now, were unable to marry in their own country because they are not Jewish according to Orthodox interpretations of Jewish law. And thousands of Jewish couples will be extremely jealous. A new marriage registrar, expected to be approved by the Israeli government within…
The 28-year-old funnyman proposed to his (also) 28-year-old girlfriend, writer and actress Lauren Miller, according to Life & Style magazine. “He surprised her with the proposal,” a friend of Rogen’s told the magazine. “She’d started giving up hope that he would ever pop the question.” The couple has been dating since 2004. Congrats!
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s eldest daughter, Adina Bar Shalom, is helping to train Haredi women for jobs in Israel’s high-tech sector. Meanwhile, secular Israeli women have a higher rate of workforce participation than do women in any other developed country, Haaretz reports. In a discovery that could help women undergoing cancer treatment preserve their fertility, scientists…
I’ve been summoned to give wedding advice. Well, I along with 156 other wedding guests. Two of my friends are marrying each other in Upstate New York. And while they’ve known each other since their Hebrew School days they’ve only begun dating as adults. It’s all very sweet and loving and good. This week they…
The title of Elissa Strauss’ essay in the Forward, “Embracing My Inner Balebuste,” caught my eye. Perhaps it’s a reflection of what I assume are a few years of difference in our age that I find the term “balebuste” loaded with provocative associations and Elissa can embrace the title with pride. On the other hand,…
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