Rabbi Baruch Dov Diskin turns down Amos Liberman's marriage request due to his father's enmity with religious community

Israel is one of the top 20 most religiously restrictive countries in world, with sixth-highest level of 'interreligious tension and violence' -- a worse score than Syria, says Pew

Especially after this year's political shenanigans, the chaotic, tribal electoral system gets a bad rap; it is also the source of Israel's strength, solidarity and democracy

Central Bureau of Statistic data finds women marry and have children at younger age than men; marriage rates higher among religious

Over 11,000 couples formally end their marriages; statistics don't cover divorces for non-Jews in Israel or Jewish citizens who got hitched in civil ceremony abroad