Will a gold medal introduce civil marriage in Israel? - opinion
Israel is the only country that defines itself as a democracy yet does not enable civil marriages but only religious marriages, and in the case of Jews only Orthodox marriages.
ARTEM DOLGOPYAT, who won the gold medal in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, with his girlfriend during a welcome ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport last week.(photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF