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How and where can I start the divorce process if my husband and I married in a civil ceremony in Cyprus, are both registered as Jews in our Israeli I.D. Cards, but I discovered he was actually Christian after we married?

You will need to start the civil process of dissolution of marriage at the family court serving the area where you live, or last lived together, if you have separated. The opinions of any religious courts involved,will be requested, if necessary.The Vice President of the family court  will decide which court has jurisdiction to hear the matter. You will have to provide information, and even proof, concerning your religious backgrounds, going back to your grandparents on both sides . The family court will normally have jurisdiction, where the parties come from a ‘mixed religious marriage’.