[Jerusalem Post] Matthew Wagner - A growing number of diaspora Jews are choosing to come to Israel, usually Jerusalem, to marry, and then head back home. According to Rabbi David Banino, head of the Jerusalem rabbinate's marriage registration department, about 300 Jewish couples from the diaspora have come to the Holy City in the past year to tie the knot. Until about five years ago, Jewish tourists who wished to get married in Jerusalem had to run a gauntlet of bureaucracy. But thanks to Rabbi Shaul Farber, head of ITIM, a non-profit organization that specializes in helping Jews navigate the bureaucracy of the Israeli Rabbinate, marriage registration for tourists has become more user-friendly.
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