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Will a foreign civil custody judgment between Jewish spouses be respected by a rabbinical court in Israel?

Not automatically – only if it passes the correct legal procedure in Israel for the recognition of a foreign judgment.The 1958 Recognition of Foreign Judgments' Acts allows a civil or religious court in Israel to recognise a judgment from overseas,subject to certain conditions.
 
Incidentally, the recognition process does not have to take place at a rabbinical court just because the foreign civil custody judgmet involved two Jews.The family court can handle the recognition process.