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The Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court seen on August 3, 2017. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90/ File)
February 4, 2025, 2:40 pm
Amid war, divorce rates jumped 6.5% last year, rabbinate says
Rabbinical courts obtained writs of divorce for 221 women in 2024 whose husbands had refused to hand them over, says authority, which holds monopoly over Jewish divorce in Israel
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Millepied (L) and Natalie Portman attend the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022, in Toronto, Canada. (Valerie Macon/AFP)
March 9, 2024, 5:27 am
Natalie Portman finalizes divorce from French choreographer husband
Source confirms Oscar-winning actress has formally divorced Benjamin Millepied, who she met on set of ‘Black Swan’
By AFP
Deborah Newbrun. (Margot Yecies via JTA)
November 22, 2022, 2:16 am
Jewish marriage rites are robust; now a rabbi is making rituals for Jews who divorce
Remembering what was lacking when she divorced, Deborah Newbrun adapts existing practices to help people with healing and closure
By Alix Wall
Women wear signs with writing in Italian that say "Welfare is not the same for all," left, "It's not a woman's job," second from left, "Men advance; childbirth is not their problem," and "I don't have children but to be discriminated it's enough to be a woman," right, during a demonstration in front of the Finance Ministry on International Women's Day in Rome, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File )
September 28, 2022, 3:37 pm
Italian women and LGBTQ advocates raise the alarm after far-right election win
Activists warn that Giorgia Meloni, who ignored plea from Holocaust survivor to change party’s fascism-linked symbol, will promote ‘white, patriarchal and heterosexual nation’
By Frances D'Emilio and Trisha Thomas
April 1, 2022, 12:17 pm
Fighting Austrian court and heartbreak, UK mom renews decade-long battle to see kids
Whirlwind romance turns nightmarish for Beth Alexander as judges in Vienna continue to bar all access to her twin 12-year-old sons; UK Chief Rabbi Mirvis gives unwavering support
By Robert Philpot
A five-year-old boy wears a sticker on his arm after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 at a state-run site in Cranston, Rhode Island, November 4, 2021. (David Goldman/AP)
November 8, 2021, 8:05 am
In US, kids’ COVID vaccine pokes holes in relationships of separated couples
Amid vaccine hesitancy, parents who both claim they have children’s best interests at heart are heading to court in battles over inoculation
By Bob Chiarito
Ronen Vital (Courtesy/Israel rabbinical courts)
September 1, 2021, 6:58 pm
After six years on the run, Israeli man arrested over divorce refusal
Ronen Vital found sitting in his car in south Tel Aviv; is still refusing to give a religious bill of divorce after 13 years, but advocates are optimistic
By Marissa Newman
Deborah Copaken undergoing sound bowl therapy in Kathmandu, July 2017 (Stephen Douglas Alexander)
July 31, 2021, 9:04 am
Photojournalist dodges death to build herself back up after her body breaks down
In ‘Ladyparts,’ Deborah Copaken laughs and cries through a decade of medical scares, divorce, financial struggles and sexual harassment in an America that routinely fails women
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Stacey Herman (Amy Herndon Photography)
July 9, 2021, 3:38 am
New York designer helps divorced dads turn bare-bones bachelor pads into homes
Stacey Herman and her niche Stripe Street Studio offer every aspect of design, organization and set-up for fathers and their children into comfy, functional spaces
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A Dutch judge, Hendrik Steenhuis (L), presides over a hearing at the Schiphol Judicial Court complex in Badhoevedorp, March 9, 2020. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images/via JTA)
August 25, 2020, 10:47 pm
Dutch judges can sanction Jewish men who refuse to give wives religious divorce
Netherlands judiciary is the only one in the world outside of Israel that punishes husbands who refuse to give their wives a writ of divorce or ‘get’ — with fines and even jail
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Nicol Raidman at a launch party for her book 'No Masks' in Tel Aviv, on February 2, 2018 (Miriam Alstre/FLASH90)
June 23, 2020, 1:10 am
TV: Oligarch, socialite heading for Israel’s most expensive divorce
Nicol Raidman alleging that Michael Cherney is not honoring terms of $25 million prenup and is reported to be asking for hundreds of millions of shekels
By ToI Staff
(RomoloTavani/iStock/Getty Images)
March 31, 2020, 3:18 pm
Pandemic compounds challenges facing divorced and separating couples — mediator
Asnat Hacohen highlights issues ranging from the impact of job losses on alimony payments to worries about protecting children in the homes of ex-spouses who have new partners
By Sue Surkes
The 3rd annual Women Moving Mountains hike in solidarity with 'chained' women (Irit Amit/Courtesy)
February 25, 2020, 12:29 pm
LISTEN: Wandering in the desert, activists demand ‘chained’ women be let go
A solidarity march with agunot — women denied a divorce — brings together 300 women to raise awareness of their plight. Listen to and read about their stories
By Marissa Newman
Screen capture from video showing Scarlett Johansson, left, and Adam Driver in the trailer for 'Marriage Story.' (YouTube via JTA)
November 6, 2019, 5:55 pm
Noah Baumbach’s new film, ‘Marriage Story,’ draws on his divorce
Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star in movie about two parents ‘who are un-amicably decoupling’
By JTA
Illustrative photo of a wedding. (Shutterstock via JTA)
August 26, 2019, 5:32 am
British court orders businessman to pay wife alimony until he gives her a ‘get’
Alan Moher of Manchester loses appeal against decision that ordered him to pay $1.7 million in a lump sum by completion of their civil divorce, plus additional yearly payments
By Marcy Oster
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