Sivan 29, 5777, 6/23/2017
 Entire rabbinical court to rule on divorce caseUnprecedented full rabbinical court to decide on divorce case for a woman whose husband has been nine years in a coma Chief Rabbi Yosef: Leniencies only within halakhic guidelinesChief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef told new rabbis and rabbinical judges to be lenient only within the guidelines of halakha. Bill: Jailed get-refusers to be banned from studying TorahPrison alone is not enough for some recalcitrant husbands; conditions to be worsened, if a new bill passes. 'Refuser' husband located after 10 years, finally gives divorceRecalcitrant husband assumed new identity, lived in unregistered apartment for decade to avoid giving his wife a get. Lawyers team up to solve the Agunah crisisYashar Legal Coalition inaugurated to combat agunah issue and stop spousal abuse Refuses 'Get' 14 Years - Gets Money, Zero Jail TimeRabbinical court grants 100,000 shekels to Haifa resident who refused to divorce spouse for 14 long years. Rabbi Riskin Concerned over Haredi Control of Religious AffairsEfrat's chief rabbi tells Jewish Home to press for 'reform,' both in divorce rights for women in religious courts and in the conversion law.Watch: 'Abusive' Get-Refuser Thrown Out of SynagogueMembers of an organization helping 'chained women' follow rabbinic ruling against man who has refused to free his wife for 18 years. Chief Rabbi Lau Helps Free 'Chained' Woman After 14 YearsAshkenazic Chief Rabbi lauded for breathing 'a new spirit' into the rabbinate, after helping an agunah end her 14-year struggle for divorce. Memorial for a Dear FriendProf. Chesler placed this ad in the New York Times. We join her in mourning a special human being.US Extradites Divorce Refuser To IsraelBnei Brak man charged of serious crimes who fled to US, leaving his wife an agunah, brought back in first extradition of its kind. Move de Line: Agunot and Shalom BayitShalom Bayit. Shalom Aleinu: A Plea for Peace and Understanding Ohr Torah: All Kinds of JewsTorah lights from Efrat, Gush Etzion, in the hills of Judea. |
