LGBTQ activists demonstrated Monday in front of the Tel Aviv District Court, where a hearing was held on the appeal of the Ministry of Social Affairs against a parenting order given to a same-sex couple, claiming that their three-year-old son, who was born through sperm donation, was actually a “child reservation” for the goal of […]
Israel’s High Court of Justice rejected on Thursday a petition by the Israeli LGBT Association to recognize same-sex marriage. Justices Elyakim Rubinstein (former deputy to the president), Neal Hendel and Anat Baron rejected the claim made in the petition that according to interpretations of the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, same-sex marriage should be […]
A precedent decision by the Family Court in Petach Tikva, given Monday by the Honorable Judge Idit Ben-Julian, gives retroactive legal parenting to a lesbian mom of a six-year-old girl from the date of birth. The decision to grant a retrospective parenting order for a 6-year-old (the highest age to date for which a court […]
The High Court of Justice was set to issue its ruling Thursday morning on a petition demanding Israel permit single people and same-sex couples to arrange surrogate births in Israel. The ruling, however, was postponed by six months to allow lawmakers to follow through with new legislation that might render the petition obsolete, justices said. […]
Organization New Israel Fund summarizes the gay adoption crisis in Israel on its website. For all the news and views on the adoption crisis click here Nearly 200 Jewish Community Leaders from across America have signed a public letter organized by A Wider Bridge supporting same-sex adoption in Israel. A Wider Bridge Demands Israeli Government […]
Contrary to the position of the state, Judge Iris Arbel-Assel of the Family Court in Tel Aviv ruled to allow 16-year-old twin girls to legally add their father’s boyfriend’s last name. Following their father’s coming out as gay and their parents’ divorce, the girls already had two last names; The state strongly opposed adding a […]
The Civil Service Commission recently filed an indictment against the Civil Service Disciplinary Court and K., a veteran fire brigade commander from northern Israel. K. Is cited for sexual harassment of B., a young transgender woman. The incident took place about a year and a half ago, when B. worked as an operations sergeant in […]
Haifa Rabbinical court forces transgender woman to grant wife a get, despite claiming she could not give it because she’s now a woman and women can not give get. A recent ruling by the Haifa beit din underscores the need for rabbinical courts to reexamine the halachic status of transgender individuals with deference to the […]
The Israeli Population and Migration Authority changed transgender father’s sex on ID card back to female without his consent, following the birth of his son. Now the state acknowledges that both of the newborn parents are fathers, but refuses to give a birth certificates that indicates it. Yonatan and Daniel with attorney Daniella Yaakobi A […]
The District Court in Lod accepted Thursday the appeal of two moms on the subject of parenting orders, and ruled that a parenting order may be applied to the date of birth. Attorney Daniela Yaakobi with the four moms who appealed to the court A Wider Bridge stands with LGBTQ families and applauds attorney Daniela […]