Agunot

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)
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 WRITER attends an Agunah Day event of the International Young Israel Movement at the Beit Knesset Hanassi synagogue in Jerusalem, 2014.

The IDF preventing wartime ‘agunot’ - opinion

By simply reading this article and discussing it with friends you may protect your wife, mother, and daughters by bringing the authorization to give a get to the soldiers’ and reservists’ attention.

|ByRACHEL LEVMORE
A HUSBAND signs the document in front of two witnesses, ensuring that his wife will not be chained to marriage – she looks on.

Israel's 'chained wives' are hidden victims of war - opinion

The writer highlights the overlooked suffering of women denied Jewish divorce and calls for preventive measures to protect soldiers' wives amid ongoing conflict.

|ByPNINA OMER

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.

FEBRUARY 22, 2018ByPNINA OMER
A FORMER ‘chained’ woman (left) stands in front of a rabbinic court with her lawyer after winning her case.

Bill seeks to publicly shame men refusing to give divorce

“Women denied a divorce may as well be dead,” MK Revital Swid said. “Their lives are behind bars created by their spouses.”

OCTOBER 10, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
File photo: Divorce.