Aguna

Woman receives Jewish divorce after three-year struggle following financial pressure on husband

The couple had lived in Florida for over a decade, before separating in 2023. The husband refused to grant the woman, L., a get, demanding increasing financial compensation for it.

|ByTZVI JASPER
A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)
THE CHIEF RABBINATE’S Supreme Court for Appeals in Jerusalem: Israelis deserve a religious court system that honors both Halacha and human dignity, the writer asserts.

Rabbinical court chaos leaves Israelis trapped in a broken system - opinion

System failures, from missing files to postponed hearings, in Israel’s rabbinical courts are delaying justice and trapping families in legal limbo.

|BySETH FARBER
A room at Camp Shura designed for families to part from the deceased who have fallen in Israel's wars.

The 'unspoken agunot': The wives of men whose deaths by Hamas were never confirmed - opinion

In contrast to the victim of get-refusal, the war widows desperately wanted to stay with their husbands. They became agunot due to evil forces from without.

|ByRACHEL LEVMORE
THE POSSIBILITY that a woman whose husband is in the IDF reserves can become ‘chained’ became an increasing problem after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War.

IDF soldiers’ wives at risk: The urgent case for conditional divorces

The Israel-Hamas War has increased the risk of women becoming "chained" in their marriages because they can't get a Jewish divorce.

|ByEVE YOUNG

Chained woman finally freed from marriage after near 14-year struggle

Her ex-husband had managed to hide from law enforcement for seven years until a private investigations firm arrested him in a targeted manhunt.

JANUARY 5, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
From left to right: Yad La'Isha Rabbinical Court Advocate and Attorney Tehilla Cohen, Orly Vital, and Pnina Omer, Director of Yad La’Isha

Two rabbis oppose the prenup that prevents women from becoming agunot

the two rabbis attacking prenuptial agreements this week are part of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

JULY 22, 2021ByRACHEL LEVMORE
THE RABBINICAL COURT's division for Agunot in Jerusalem in 2017

Fighting ‘get’ refusal is a vital task we must all confront

In fact, the institution of a get was biblically initiated as part of a series of laws to preclude spousal abuse – the first laws of this nature in human history.

APRIL 26, 2021ByKENNETH BRANDER
A WOMAN (foreground) holds a sign that says her husband has refused to give her a ‘get’ (writ of divorce) for nearly a year, at a protest outside the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem in 2011.

Insta-shaming is not enough, we need a solution for Agunot - opinion

Instagram is not novel, the medium is new, but the message is the same.

MARCH 29, 2021ByYAEL MACHTINGER
THE RABBINICAL Court’s Division for Agunot in Jerusalem.

Mavoi Satum - Helping women in chains to eradicate divorce denial

The organization, founded in 1995, is at the forefront of the struggle in Israel to help free 'agunot,' or chained women.

MARCH 11, 2021ByKYLIE EISMAN-LIFSCHITZ
MAVOI SATUM, together with several organizations, demands solutions the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court on International Women's Day

Jerusalem judges travel to hospital to arrange divorce for blind couple

The complexity of the situation was due to the hatband having had a severe stroke six years earlier.

FEBRUARY 27, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

The arbitrary, dangerous practices of Israel's rabbinical courts - opinion

Women need a safe and clear exit strategy from a broken marriage; whether abusive or not.

FEBRUARY 24, 2021ByJUDITH GARSON DJEMAL
SHIRA ISAKOV (right) arrives earlier this week for a Beersheba court hearing of Aviad Moshe, who tried to murder her in Mitzpe Ramon a few months ago.

Shira Isakov and the need for ‘aguna’ reform - opinion

The plight of the aguna cannot be ignored and we are failing our women – all of society, indeed we are failing God – if we simply throw up our hands and let this situation be allowed to continue.

FEBRUARY 16, 2021ByKENNETH BRANDER
A GROUP of women – one holding a sign that says ‘Electronic bracelets save lives’ – participate in nationwide strike protesting violence against women, in Tel Aviv in 2018.

Helping break the chains of agunot whose husbands refuse divorce - opinion

Increased public awareness and new perspectives in Jewish law bring hope to agunot

DECEMBER 31, 2020ByPNINA OMER
File photo: Divorce.

Woman granted Jewish divorce after husband sanctioned by European courts

The get was given just days after sanctions were imposed, ending a three-year battle.

DECEMBER 17, 2020ByAARON REICH
File photo: Divorce.