In precedent, rabbinic court says divorce refuser’s family can’t be buried in Israel Group backing woman who’s been ‘chained’ for nearly 20 years hails move as a gesture showing Israel stands with her, but others see it as failing to
When destruction is necessary for rebuilding – opinion The Temple was destroyed by the decision of God, who could no longer bear what was going on under its roof and thus made the decision to demolish it. Pnina Omer | August
Escaping from a marriage that almost cost her her life, woman secures get after ten-year struggle News Desk | July 29, 2021 Marking the conclusion to a difficult, violent case, Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La’isha Legal Aid Center for Agunot
An ancient Israeli law leaves thousands of women ‘chained’ to their wayward husbands By Middle East correspondent Allyson Horn, Fouad AbuGosh and Haidarr Jones in Jerusalem Orly Vital spent more than a decade of her adult life trapped in a marriage
FEATURED POST Are the dead more important than the suffering living? Certainly not. Chained to her get-refuser husband for 18 years, Lonna is asking Israel to refuse to bury his family to give her the leverage she needs to
FEATURED POST If only they had signed a halachic prenup at their wedding Does a document that protects you from get-refusal mean you’ll end up divorced? Does wearing a seat belt means you’ll have a car accident? Rabbi Kenneth
US woman married in Iran finally secures Jewish divorce Decades after marriage first dissolves, woman finally granted the chance to start a new life. Israel National News | June 29, 2022 Ten years since filing for a divorce and after
Halakhic Prenup Campaign to Prevent Get-Abuse For the second year in a row, Ohr Torah Stone has launched a campaign in print and digital media during Israel’s most popular wedding season to raise awareness of the importance of signing a
Forbidden: Riki Raani’s amazing struggle to get a divorce – and be set free Riki Raani struggled for almost 20 years to get a divorce from her husband, a member of one of London’s most extreme Hasidic sects • Last
Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Pnina Omer of Yad La’isha Is Advocating for Agunot Pnina Omer, Director of Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La’isha, says the organization advocates for women in court by giving them a voice so they can
Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La’isha: The Monica Dennis Goldberg Legal Aid Center held a short story competition last month for past and present agunot. The aim of the competition is to allow readers to get a glimpse into the harsh
Women’s Liberation It took seven years to locate the get-refuser who disappeared without a trace from a court hearing, and a total of 14 years during which Rachel was an aguna. Esty fled a violent relationship, knowing that aginut would
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