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 relief, but I was devastated by his refusal to grant a get – it was …
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 an impossible situation. As part of Yad La’isha’s “Letters to Freedom” project, agunot and their …
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 to mark ‘Yom HaAguna’ – International Aguna Day, traditionally held on the day of the …
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 | Feb 19, 2023 Just over two years ago, C, then a very recent new immigrant …
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 – securing her freedom and ability to move on with her life. The relationship began …
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. The trend has also led to Zoom slipups, where participants forget their microphones or cameras …
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 address root issue Judah Ari Gross | September 6, 2022 The Chief Rabbinate ruled last …
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 was able to attain a get (writ of Jewish divorce) for S – a US …
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 she wanted to leave. Spousal laws in Israel meant the 44-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew couldn’t divorce …
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 seven years of her recalcitrant husband on the run, an American woman was finally granted …
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 August, she convinced the Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court to annul her kiddushin, or wedding vows, …
Getting married? Mazal tov! The time has come to give an additional form of expression to your love for one another, and lay down the foundations for a relationship based on equity and mutual respect, even in times of crisis. In light of the growing number of recalcitrant spouses who use the get (Jewish divorce …
