Israeli Shift Breaks Up Families; Non-Jewish Spouses Told to Leave and Apply for Immigration

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 9, 1998| Author: Doug Struck | Copyright information

Yelena Treizon has a Jewish husband, a child, a job and pays taxes. But the only way the Russian native can stay here, the Israeli government says, is to leave and try to return.

Uri Becker, an Israeli airline agent in Elat, fell in love with a Russian tourist and married her. But they can be together only if they leave Israel, the government says.

Israeli immigration authorities, faced with a rise in marriages between Jews and non-Jews, are making it increasingly difficu...

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