53 Former Agunot Celebrate a New Year of Freedom “There’s nothing like the joy shared by women who have finally gained their freedom after a long struggle” David Israel | September 19, 2023 At first glance, anyone entering the Jerusalem
“Cruel and evil behavior”: Get-abuser who kidnapped his children ordered to pay unprecedented amount to his wife A harsh verdict was handed down against Yigal Sagi, as part of which he was required to pay millions to his wife, to
British man banned from leaving Israel until rabbinical court rules on his divorce The unnamed man must remain until rabbinical court hears his wife’s application for get Simon Rocker | May 19, 2023 Israel’s highest court has ruled a British
Dancing Through the Tears “My husband abused me for years,” relates Avia, “but I tried to make things work for my family – we have ten children together. When he left to go to the United States, it was a
FEATURED POST In a divided Jewish world, accepting gay and lesbian Jews is critical Those bearing an identity not of their choosing must be able to find a place in the Orthodox Jewish community, without fear Rabbi Kenneth Brander,
Letters from Captivity Each year, hundreds of women join the circle of agunot, women whose husbands refuse to grant them a get and thus continue to violently control their lives. In the background are the children, who find themselves in
Yad La’isha: Jerusalem center fighting trapped marriages Also known as “The Aguna Warrior,” Yad La’isha director Pnina Omer and her Jerualem-based organization fight to free women in trapped marriages. Sharon Givati | March 11, 2023 In a small office in
Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La’isha Marks International Aguna Day by Exposing Recalcitrant Husbands “The time has come to bring them to light” Matan Wasserman, 9 March, 2003 As part of the “Bringing Them to Light” project which launched this week
S. was finally set free of her chains – just before International Aguna Day Jerusalem-based aguna advocacy center manages to free one more woman in time for her to mark International Aguna Day as a free woman With International Aguna
Abused wife’s visit to social services reveals husband married to another woman Immigrant who married an Israeli shocked to discover that he is married to another woman – who visited same social worker just days earlier. Israel National News |
US Immigrant Finally Freed from Get-Refuser Hana Levi Julian | January 29, 2023 After 16 years of an abusive marriage, and two instances of her husband fleeing, a newly religious American immigrant to Israel has finally been granted a get
Zoom Slip Reveals Get-Refuser’s Location, Aguna Wife Goes Free David Israel | November 10, 2022 For several years now, most notably since the start of Corona pandemic, Zoom meetings have become an inseparable part of our professional and personal lives.
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