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Marriage

Don’t overdo the necessity of sincerity.

Mark Bauerlein
June 29 2017 12:01AM

Why shouldn’t a mother be allowed to marry her daughter?

Carl Trueman
Sept. 15 2016 12:01AM

The point of the Torah’s rules on foreign brides and divorce.

Sept. 15 2016 12:01AM

Approval of polygamy has doubled in a recent survey.

Ross Douthat
June 3 2015 12:01AM

Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi emeritus of the United Kingdom, argues that the biblical idea of marriage (and love) is a contribution as important as monotheism. . .

Nov. 26 2014 12:01AM

Modern marriage can resemble a corporate partnership whose product is high-performing offspring. Is this the best we can do?

Peter Lawler
March 6 2014 12:01AM

The proposed establishment of civil marriage in Israel, although in apparent conflict with Jewish tradition, could help to diminish animosity toward Judaism among secular Israelis.

Benjamin Lau
Nov. 15 2013 12:00AM

A bill passed by the Knesset weakens the chief rabbinate’s grip on marriage registration; it was thought politically impossible only a year ago—and the. . .

Nov. 1 2013 12:00AM

As a solution to the problem of agunot—“chained” wives—halakhically valid pre-nuptial agreements avoid recourse to the sometimes brutal coercion of recalcitrant husbands.

Oct. 23 2013 12:00AM

While the idea of a divinely matched soul mate may be romantic, it poses significant theological problems—and many rabbinic sources reject it.

Josh Yuter
July 24 2013 12:00AM

A new Pew survey shows that younger Americans have more relaxed attitudes toward marriage and parenthood than their elders—until they become spouses and parents themselves.

William Saletan
June 7 2013 12:00AM

A new Israeli movie, perfect in tone and taste, depicts an ultra-Orthodox community in which marriage is the center of all things: mysterious, enveloping, frightening, ecstatic.

June 4 2013 12:09AM