Ynet-Gesher poll finds two-thirds of secular Jews have not visited ultra-Orthodox home, one-third have no religious acquaintance or friend. And how many secular employers would hire former yeshiva student?

Knesset approves fee for civil marriage certificate, allowing non-Jewish Israelis or citizens defined by State as lacking religious denominationto to wed without Chief Rabbinate. 'Law will solve a problem faced by thousands of people,' says law's initiator, MK David Rotem