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
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
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
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.
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 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
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