Wedding Bells
Jerusalem recently recorded its first same-sex marriage, an event we hope will one day be commonplace.
Avi and Binyamin Rose, from Canada and Britain respectively, were married in Canada last year before returning to Israel. The Roses’ listing in the Israeli Population Registry follows a landmark High Court decision last year wherein the state was ordered to recognize same-sex marriages conducted abroad (similar to how it recognizes heterosexually married Israelis married outside of Israel).
Both men maintain a high level of Jewish observance and have 
worked in Jewish education. Though rattled by recent anti-gay incitement in Jerusalem, Avi and Binyamin love the Holy City and are proud to have made their first home there.
“We didn’t do this as a publicity stunt,” explained Avi, noting that he and his partner are inherently private people. “We don’t see ourselves as anything unusual. We’re two people who met, fell in love, got engaged and then married.”
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