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IDF rabbinate opposes asking troops to sign form ‘unchaining’ wives in case of disaster

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:44:38 +0000

While conditional divorces can free women in case of a husband's disappearance or loss of mental faculties in battle, rabbis say pushing such a document on soldiers may hurt morale

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New York woman at center of Orthodox ‘sex strike’ receives her divorce

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 21:47:35 +0000

Malky Berkowitz, who married her husband after a 15-minute in-person meeting, alleged he physically assaulted her and was sexually inappropriate with their three-year-old daughter

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Rabbinate delays divorce of a woman it helped wed but now says may not be Jewish

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:52:27 +0000

High Court of Justice orders rabbinical judges to discontinue their inquiry and nullify the marriage, after delaying since 2021

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NJ court rules in favor of woman who used social media to lobby for Jewish divorce

Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:35:49 +0000

Advocates for 'agunot,' whose husbands refuse to assent to religious divorce, celebrate ruling that said defendant had not harassed former partner with online posts seeking support

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Woman says she was ‘degraded’ by rabbinic court’s order to wear a cloak to cover up

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 23:11:50 +0000

Social worker accompanying client whose husband is refusing a divorce is told her short-sleeved shirt is not modest enough to appear before judges

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He was jailed for threats to kill his wife. A rabbinic court wants to reconcile them

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:28:40 +0000

David* violated restraining order, was sent to prison for 8 months while refusing to grant his wife Lital* a divorce; yet Haifa rabbinical judges suggest they seek 'shalom bayit'

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In precedent, rabbis send woman to jail for refusing divorce from her husband

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:35:01 +0000

Until now, incarcerations have only been used on recalcitrant husbands, but a rabbinic court ruled that this sanction was the only way to get the wife to accept the 'get'

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Daily Briefing Sept. 8: Incredible shrinking women in the Knesset; religious reforms

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:09:02 +0000

Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on National Unity disunity; religion reporter Judah Ari Gross on incentives to bury stillbirths and pressure on recalcitrant husbands

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In precedent, rabbinic court says divorce refuser’s family can’t be buried in Israel

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:02:30 +0000

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

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Woman freed after being ‘chained’ in her marriage for 22 years

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:53:35 +0000

Tamar's ex-husband fled to the US to evade child support payments and refused to grant her a divorce, preventing her from starting a new relationship and having more children

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Health minister allows artificial insemination for ‘chained’ women

Tue, 17 May 2022 17:28:19 +0000

Israel has until now refused to let women whose husbands deny them a divorce get pregnant through donated sperm or IVF, due to fierce rabbinate opposition

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In rare ruling, rabbis uphold woman’s divorce, but deem her ex still married

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 03:33:57 +0000

After a 'chained' woman's ex-husband claims he deliberately botched divorce ritual, rabbinic court say she's still single, but he must issue another 'get' if he wants to remarry

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After 5 years as a ‘chained woman,’ Esty got her freedom this summer

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:12:46 +0000

To mark Yom Ha'aguna, The Times of Israel spoke with a woman who was able to obtain a divorce from her abusive husband, and those working to help others do the same

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Ties that chafe: Israel’s stagnant marital system leaves thousands trapped

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 04:17:39 +0000

On International Women's Day, activists and observers lament the tight rabbinate control over marriage and divorce in Israel, with few changes in the system expected anytime soon

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Rabbi Simcha Krauss, who fought for women’s rights in Orthodoxy, dies at 85

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:27:49 +0000

Krauss remembered as a 'gentle giant' who wielded his years of study and experience as pulpit rabbi and teacher of Talmud to free 'chained women,' support women's prayer groups

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