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Israeli “Kan 11” News report on Yad La’isha’s “Women Moving Mountains”

April 1, 2019March 26, 2019 by OTSTeam

On International Women’s Day 2019, OTS’s Yad La’isha: The Monica Dennis Goldberg Legal Aid Center ran its annual “Women Moving Mountains” desert hike (Eshet Hamidbar in Hebrew), which brought together more than 300 women to show their support for and to advocate on behalf of agunot. One of the participants was veteran Israeli journalist Noa …

Halachic Prenups Increasingly Common in the US; Israel Lags

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 by OTSTeam

Halachic Prenups Increasingly Common in the US; Israel Lags Advocates of such agreements argue that this extra financial burden is a strong motivating factor for recalcitrant partners to grant a divorce. By Jeremy Sharon | March 20, 2019 Some 84% of Modern Orthodox rabbis in the US ensure that couples they marry sign a halachic …

Do we love our daughters less than they do theirs?

March 18, 2019March 15, 2019 by OTSTeam

Do We Love Our Daughters Less Than They Do Theirs? This week, we mark International Aguna Day, traditionally held on Ta’anit Esther, the fast on Purim eve. (An aguna is a Jewish woman who is “chained” to her marriage.) BY KENNETH BRANDER | MARCH 13, 2019 “All the books of the prophets and all the holy …

Rabbinical Court orders ‘shaming’ of get-refuser

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 by OTSTeam

Jerusalem Rabbinical Court ordered shaming of a recalcitrant husband who fled to Gibraltar In an unusual step, the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court allowed the publication of details of Eli Sompo, who has been refusing to give his wife a divorce and anchoring her in their failed marriage after fleeing and disappearing in Gibraltar. The goal: to …

Second Annual Desert Journey to Free Agunot

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 by OTSTeam

How can I sign up or sponsor a participant? Photos from last year’s hike

Get-Refusal is Also Violence

November 25, 2018November 25, 2018 by OTSTeam

Get-refusal is also violence On this day devoted to fighting violence against women, give a thought to ‘P’, whose husband has refused her a divorce for 19 years P. is 59 years old and has been chained to her husband for 19 years. For 19 years she has been waiting for her freedom, praying to …

Freedom is not with the Rabbinical Court

November 11, 2018November 11, 2018 by OTSTeam

Freedom is not with the Rabbinical Court By Pnina Omer – Jerusalem Post Oped, 10/6/2018 In a recent column, USA based attorney Alan Dershowitz protested the detainment of a US citizen in Israel, a citizen whose sole crime, according to Dershowitz, is the fact that he happens to have a son who refuses to give a religious …

A Religious Jewish Woman is Not a Chair

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 by OTSTeam

Rogel, a Religious Woman is Not a Chair Pnina Omer – 31/10/2018 Last week, Rogel Alpher published a column in Haaretz in which he related to Tzvia Gorodetzky, an aguna, or chained woman. In order to illustrate your opinion of Tzvia’s status in marriage, Alpher labeled her a “chair,” a “piece of property” and a …

Recalcitrant Grandfather Fined for Blocking Get

September 4, 2018August 25, 2018 by OTSTeam

24/08/18 Recalcitrant grandfather fined for blocking daughter-in-law’s divorce Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court justices rejected the petition of a man who is encouraging his son to refuse his wife a divorce to cancel the penalties that were imposed on him, setting a new standard for punishment. The wife’s advocates: “The Court has proven that the liberation …

Postcards from Freedom

September 5, 2018August 21, 2018 by OTSTeam

Artist: Rinat Gilboa || 'Illustrating Freedom' series

Postcards from Freedom Ten stories of ‘bound women’ morphed into ten illustrations gracing Rosh Hashana greeting cards, part of an initiative by Yad La’isha. Arutz Sheva Staff, 21/08/1 S, an aguna – Hebrew for a ‘bound woman’, whose husband has refused her a divorce – who recently received her get and with it her freedom, …

Dedicated to Justice

August 29, 2018August 5, 2018 by OTSTeam

Congratulations to G of Germany, who flew in to Israel last Thursday and received her long-awaited get — thanks to the exceptional efforts of her advocate, Tamar Oderberg of Yad La’isha: The Monica Dennis Goldberg Legal Aid Center and Hotline. G, now 41, married her husband in 2002; the couple had two children and lived together in …

Don’t sacrifice agunot on altar of reform

August 29, 2018June 29, 2018 by OTSTeam

Agunot must not be sacrificed on the altar of reform by Tamar Oderberg 27/6/2018 A new bill was passed recently in the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee amending the law regarding the jurisdiction of the Israeli rabbinical courts. The amendment will grant the rabbinical courts international authority to adjudicate the divorce proceedings of any Jewish woman. …

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Israeli “Kan 11” News report on Yad La’isha’s “Women Moving Mountains”

Halachic Prenups Increasingly Common in the US; Israel Lags

Do we love our daughters less than they do theirs?

Rabbinical Court orders ‘shaming’ of get-refuser

Second Annual Desert Journey to Free Agunot

Get-Refusal is Also Violence

Freedom is not with the Rabbinical Court

A Religious Jewish Woman is Not a Chair

Recalcitrant Grandfather Fined for Blocking Get

Postcards from Freedom

Dedicated to Justice

Don’t sacrifice agunot on altar of reform

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