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.
Rabbinical court chaos leaves Israelis trapped in a broken system - opinion
The 'unspoken agunot': The wives of men whose deaths by Hamas were never confirmed - opinion
IDF soldiers’ wives at risk: The urgent case for conditional divorces
Releasing chained women – by working around the Chief Rabbinate
Rabbi Daniel Sperber is innovating with annulments to help solve the ‘aguna’ problem.
Father of divorce refuser fined 5,000 shekels a day
The Tel Aviv rabbinical court ruled nearly five years ago that the man was obligated to grant a divorce, but he ignored the ruling.
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Private court annuls marriage of long-term ‘agunah’
In cases where a man refuses to grant a divorce for an extended period of time, voiding the marriage on the basis of an invalid witness is an effective tool in freeing the agunah, or chained woman.
Rabbinical court voided marriage by invalidating witness
The fact that one of the witnesses was not religious at the wedding provided a perfect opportunity to invalidate the marriage.
Haifa Rabbinical Court voids marriage in Guez divorce refusal case
Oded Guez was instructed by the Haifa rabbinical court to grant his wife a bill of divorce four years ago, but persistently refused.
June 10, 2018: Messed up
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Groundbreaking ruling in rabbinical court frees 23-year 'chained woman'
Annulment of Zvia Gordestski’s marriage could and should pave the way for private rabbinical courts for divorce, says Center for Women’s Justice.
No Aguna Day
So, no more Aguna Day. Instead, let there be a mass divorce, initiated and enacted by agunot themselves and witnessed by all Jewish women – agunot divorcing their husbands and this system.
The ties that bind
As a community we must castigate, condemn and pursue anyone who uses the contemptible tool of refusing to grant a divorce.
Protected by the post-nup
The halachic prenuptial and newly, postnuptial agreements, are important weapons in the communal fight against ‘get’ refusal
