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Forbidden
To Marry
Jerusalem (JTA) — Couples
planning to wed in Israel may
soon encounter an unpleasant
surprise.
Israeli Radio reported last
week that the Religious Affairs
Ministry has compiled a list of
some 10,000 people who, for a va-
riety of reasons, are forbidden by
Jewish law to marry.
The report said, by way of ex-
ample, that the rabbinate might
declare a person illegitimate, and
therefore unable to marryunder
Jewish law, if documents cannot
be found regarding the faith or
fate of a grandparent.
Before a couple can marry in
Israel, the union must be ap-
proved by the rabbinate.
The report said the names on
the list were gathered from gov-
ernment agency files and the rab-
binate.
Ze'ev Rosenberg, director-gen-
eral of the Religious Affairs Min-
istry, said that those people
whose names appeared on the list
are informed of the fact.
But some people told Israel
Radio that they only discovered
they were on the list when they
began filing marriage applica-
tions.
Mr. Rosenberg also refuted
claims that there are 10,000
names on the list. He said there
were only 4,000 names.
He said a name may also ap-
pear on the list because a person
did not receive a religious divorce.
He also said that any of the
rabbinical rulings could be ap-
pealed.
Sephardic Chief Rabbi Eliahu
Bakshi-Doron meanwhile said
the rabbinate was the sole source
responsible for which names ap-
peared on the list.
He said most of the cases sim-
ply required clarification, and
that the work of the rabbinate is
carried out with discretion and in
full accordance with the law.
But Jerusalem City Council
member Anat Hoffman, of the
left-wing Meretz bloc, took issue
with the existence of such a list.
She called it a pure violation of
Israel's Basic Laws on an indi-
vidual's right to liberty.
"I plan to take this to court,"
she told Israel Radio. "I would
like to know what right they have
to collect names and information
about people without their know-
ing, and how they decide when to
make it public."
Na'amat, a women's organiza-
tion, called on Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin to act in his ca-
pacity as religious affairs minis-
ter to find an alternative for those
couples unable to wed.
Ofra Friedman, chair of
Na'amat, said that if no solution
is found, then civil marriages
should be recognized in Israel.
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