Many new immigrants expected to join the ranks of those with 'no religion,' leaving them unable to be married in Israel; rabbinate suspicion of Jewish status will only grow sharper
Artem Dolgopyat, an Israeli gymnast who won a gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the second ever for his country, is not allowed to get married. The issue is based on Israeli law that requires the Chief Rabbinate to faciliate the ritual, who does not acknowledge the athlete as religiously Jewish because of his mother.
Jonathan S. Tobin: Olympic hero Artem Dolgopyat has become the face of the Law of Return conundrum facing those who qualify for citizenship but aren’t classified as Jews.
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