Agunot

July 27, 2023 12:53 pm·

How she sits alone: For these I weep

For the 18-year-old, ecstatic to start the Jewish home she was raised to build, who wonders at the erratic behavior of the man before her,…

March 6, 2023 1:17 pm·

Why the Israeli Rabbinate leaves most agunot uncounted

Every time the Rabbinate sends out its statistics about divorce and the numbers of women waiting for a get, it is a slap in the…

January 23, 2023 1:23 pm·

Until death does not us part: Leah’s worst fears realized

Chained for years to a man she considered abusive, her final wish was to dissolve the marital bond. She died trying. Leah’s nightmare was to…

March 24, 2022 11:26 am·

The Ten Commandments of Get-Refusal

“No email was ever answered.” “I was clueless about the process.” “I didn’t feel they understood enough about abuse.” For hundreds of women and men…

February 11, 2021 4:31 am·

State-Sanctioned Abuse: Does a woman need to nearly die to earn her freedom?

Three women made headlines in the past week. Each was abused by her husband. One is dead. One nearly died. And the other is still…

March 9, 2020 11:10 pm·

Will civil courts be the salvation of chained Jewish women?

When Orthodox rabbis drag their feet and prolong divorce proceedings for what can be years, Jewish women turn to civil law to sidestep the religious…

August 21, 2019 11:34 am·

The grave matter of a chained wife’s plight

The news spread quickly around social media. Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Lau ordered that a woman not be buried until her son agreed to provide a…

April 1, 2018 11:37 am·

Walking the desert… to help unchain women

Originally published in the In Jerusalem, March 30, 2018 Can one feel both devastated and inspired at the same time? These two emotions were my…

October 27, 2017 9:43 am·

Protected by the postnup

Originally printed in In Jerusalem, October 25, 2017 “Don’t worry, I’ll break his legs.” That’s what my 6’ 7” tall then-rabbi told me when I suggested…

March 9, 2017 9:00 am·

With This Ring — Without The Rabbinate

Originally published in In Jerusalem, March 10, 2017 Noam and Noa wanted to marry according to Jewish law and tradition, but wanted nothing to…

November 3, 2016 10:16 am·

That you don’t know it doesn’t make it untrue

Unless we are personally exposed to something or hear about it first hand, it is entirely possible that we never know of its existence or…

September 29, 2016 11:00 pm·

Religion & State Round Up 5776

Originally published in In Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post, September 30, 2016 ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ has long been the policy of the Haredi parties when…

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