re: Israel Won't Let Olympic Champion Marry Non-Jew

San Francisco CA

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You posted: State of Israel ‘will not let’ non-Jewish Ukraine-born winner of nation’s second ever Olympic gold marry his Belarusian girlfriend. So a non-Jew can't marry a non-Jew? There are tens of thousands of Christians, and a couple million Muslims in Israel, how do you think they all get married? Israel doesn't recognize civil marriages performed in the county. If Artem Dolgopyat wanted to get married in a church, he has many flavors to choose from, Catholic, Orthodox (Russian, Greek, Copt), Protestant. Israel is a religious country, that gives freedom of religion to everyone. If he doesn't want a religious wedding in Israel, he can get a civil wedding outside the county, which is recognized in Israel.