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Jewish divorce

Illustrative: A Woman removes her wedding ring. (Dragana991/iStock)
October 15, 2024, 10:52 pm
Haifa court rules divorce refusal is a crime, sentences husband to 18 months in prison
Man is 2nd to be sentenced to prison for refusing to give his wife a ‘get,’ after trapping her in marriage since 2004; rabbinic courts in US, Israel have issued rulings against him
By Mati Wagner
Supporters of Malky Berkowitz (Images courtesy of Adina Sash)
September 15, 2024, 12:47 am
New York woman at center of Orthodox ‘sex strike’ receives her divorce
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
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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
The Neve Tirza women's prison in Ramle on May 23, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 11, 2022, 4:35 pm
In precedent, rabbis send woman to jail for refusing divorce from her husband
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’
By Judah Ari Gross
Lonna Ralbag, in white, with her attorneys at Israel's Supreme Court for her hearing against her recalcitrant husband in July 2022. (Yad La'Isha)
September 6, 2022, 4:02 pm
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 address root issue
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A woman stands outside the Jerusalem Rabbinic Court. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
April 5, 2022, 6:33 am
In rare ruling, rabbis uphold woman’s divorce, but deem her ex still married
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
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A Jewish couple getting married. (Justin Oberman/Creative Commons)
April 1, 2022, 10:00 pm
In first, Britain jails businessman for refusing to grant his wife a Jewish divorce
‘You sought to manipulate and control her all in the knowledge that it would substantially impact her mental health,’ judge tells Alan Moher, who will serve 18 months in prison
By ToI Staff
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
Zebulon Simantov (right), Afghanistan's last Jew, seen with one of his rescuers, after fleeing to a neighboring country. (Screenshot/Kan)
September 26, 2021, 6:54 pm
Last Jew to leave Afghanistan divorces wife after refusing for over 20 years
Zebulon Simantov, 62, grants a ‘get’ in a Zoom conversation with Sydney- and Istanbul-based rabbis, businessman who organized his rescue
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The cover of Taffy Brodesser-Akner's novel "Fleishman Is in Trouble." (Penguin Random House via JTA)
March 12, 2021, 10:40 am
TV adaptation of ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ novel to stream on Hulu
FX TV to produce series based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s novel about a New York Jewish couple’s divorce struggles
By Gabe Friedman
In this handout photo provided by UK Parliament, then-UK prime minister Boris Johnson, left, speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London, on February 10, 2021. (Jessica Taylor/ UK Parliament via AP/ File)
March 9, 2021, 4:18 am
UK bill to make it easier to punish husbands who refuse Jewish divorce
Changes to domestic violence legislation will include provisions to sentence recalcitrant spouses to up to five years in jail for ‘coercive’ behavior
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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
Oded Guez. (Courtesy)
February 5, 2020, 2:33 pm
Infamous divorce refuser who fled Israel returns after 4 years, is arrested
Case of Oded Guez has set precedents, with state rabbinate publicizing his name to pressure him; after his 2016 escape under false identity, marriage was annulled in rare step
By Michael Bachner
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
The Chief Rabbinate's offices in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 27, 2019, 5:29 pm
Man divorces wife after 6-year refusal as Israel confiscates his passport
Rare consular sanctions imposed against Israeli in southeast Asia who denied his spouse a ‘get’
By ToI Staff
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