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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

Center for Women's Justice

Center for Women's Justice founder attorney Dr. Susan Weiss. (Rachel Markowitz Bader)
August 11, 2023, 8:39 am
What Matters Now to women’s justice lawyer Susan Weiss: The rise of theocracy
While Israel has never been a feminist Barbie Land, with the current right-wing, heavily religious government, a veteran activist and attorney is seeing a clear turn for the worse
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: A prisoner behind bars. (sakhorn38/ iStock via Getty images)
March 13, 2023, 2:28 pm
He was jailed for threats to kill his wife. A rabbinic court wants to reconcile them
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’
By Amy Spiro
Dr. Susan Weiss, head of the Center for Women's Justice. (Courtesy)
December 23, 2022, 9:48 am
Dr. Susan Weiss: Five areas in which the override clause should terrify women
8th episode of ToI’s new podcast miniseries ‘Israel’s Judiciary: Reform or Ruin?’ takes a nuanced journey into looming legislation that could alter country’s checks and balances
By ToI Staff
Illustration: Avi Katz
April 14, 2022, 11:01 am
‘Father unknown’: A dread biblical status leads to modern problems
Amir has been fighting for years to be recognized as his daughter’s father, squaring off against an archaic law aimed at preventing children from being labeled ‘mamzers’
By Judah Ari Gross
Women's rights activists hold a rally outside the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court on March 8, 2021, during International Women's Day, in protest of their inability to divorce. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 8, 2022, 6:17 am
Ties that chafe: Israel’s stagnant marital system leaves thousands trapped
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
By Amy Spiro
Dr. Susan Weiss, head of the Center for Women's Justice. (Courtesy)
August 19, 2020, 1:40 pm
LISTEN: Lawyer fights back after 3 generations of immigrants declared not Jewish
Who you gonna call when after 30 years in Israel, you’re suddenly not considered a Jew? Dr. Susan Weiss and the Center for Women’s Justice
By ToI Staff
Meir Gorodetsky is released from jail on October 2, 2019 (courtesy of Center for Women's Justice)
October 2, 2019, 5:40 pm
Longest-jailed Israeli divorce-refuser freed after 19 years
Meir Gorodetsky became first man to face criminal charges over recalcitrance, is released after completing criminal sentence
By Marissa Newman
A private rabbinical court dissolves the marriage of Tzviya Gorodetsky in June 2018 (Courtesy of the Center for Women's Justice/Rachel Stomel)
April 30, 2019, 6:21 pm
In first, Israel jails divorce-refuser on criminal charges
Meir Gorodetsky has been behind bars for nearly 20 years under rabbinical court sanction; now, he’ll be held as a criminal, against the wishes of his former wife
By Marissa Newman
A private rabbinic court, led by Rabbi Daniel Sperber, center, retroactively invalidates the marriage of a Jewish woman whose husband refused to grant her a divorce, Jerusalem, February 3, 2019. (Rachel Stomel)
February 4, 2019, 1:33 pm
Private panel of rabbis annuls marriage of abused wife who sought divorce
In rare move, rabbis find nuptials were ‘a mistake’ as husband hid his criminal past; Chief Rabbinate says it won’t recognize measure and woman is still considered married
By Stuart Winer
View from the halls of the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court's division for agunot, on September 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flsh90)
September 12, 2018, 9:01 pm
In first, Israeli man indicted for refusing his wife a divorce
Rabbinical court says move intended to further pressure husband, who has been in prison for over 17 years, to release ‘chained’ spouse
By Stuart Winer
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
July 13, 2018, 11:39 am
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
The daughters of Zelophehad can school us about agunot
When humans can’t figure out how to apply God’s law, relying on equality and compassion can’t go wrong
Oded Guez (handout via JTA)
June 18, 2018, 9:55 pm
In rare move, rabbinical court annuls marriage of woman refused divorce
Two years after Oded Guez fled rather than grant wife bill of divorce, Haifa court uses secret legal procedure to nullify the marriage retroactively
By David Sedley
A private rabbinical court dissolves the marriage of Tzviya Gorodetsky in June 2018 (Courtesy of the Center for Women's Justice/Rachel Stomel)
June 5, 2018, 3:18 pm
In rare move, private rabbinical court sets ‘chained’ woman free after 23 years
‘Tzviya Gorodetsky has suffered enough,’ says ruling by panel headed by Rabbi Daniel Sperber, dissolving nuptials; decision unrecognized by rabbinate
By Marissa Newman
Illustrative: A Jewish couple getting married. (Justin Oberman/Creative Commons)
May 10, 2018, 6:10 am
To ‘unchain’ Jewish women, rabbinate could extend reach across borders
Amid heavy criticism, Knesset debates bill to grant Israel’s rabbinical courts oversight of Jewish divorce cases, including for those wed in civil unions
By Marissa Newman
An exhibit at'Mamzerim, Labeled and Erased' at the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale. (Nurit Jacobs-Yinon)
From the WebFebruary 14, 2018, 4:48 pm
In modern Israel, being born a ‘mamzer’ can lead to a life of secrecy and stigma
The New York Jewish Week: An in-depth dive into the little-known ancient Jewish law that still has very contemporary impact
By Michele Chabin
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