Secular young Israelis want religious weddings - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Yuval Avivi

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An Israeli bride poses for her wedding photographer (not pictured) as graves are seen in the background at Nabi Musa Muslim Cemetery in the Judean desert near the West Bank city of Jericho November 28, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTX15WJZ — An Israeli bride poses for her wedding photographer near the West Bank city Jericho, Nov. 28, 2013. — REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish bride Hannah Batya Penet dances with her relative during a wedding ceremony in Jerusalem, early morning May 22, 2013. Some 25,000 people gathered to celebrate the wedding of Penet to Shalom Rokeach, the eldest grandson of the Chief Rabbi of Belz, Yissachar Dov Rokeach, according to local media. The Belz Hasidic dynasty is one of the largest Hasidic movements in the world. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTXZWCC

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Daniel Ben Simon

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Mordechai Goldman