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Do my husband and I need a 'get' as well as a civil divorce, to be legally divorced under Israeli law ? We are both Jewish (me, Orthodox and observant and him not), live in Israel, but married in a civil ceremony in the States before making Aliyah.

Yes! Israeli law adopts Jewish religious law regarding personal matters between Jews. Even though you married in a civil ceremony not even recognised in Jewish law, overseas, you still need a 'get' (religious divorce) to remove any doubt,and allow you both to be eligible to marry someone else under Jewish law.