Av 1, 5777, 7/24/2017
 High Court rules against Rabbinical Court: "Heaven forbid"Judges rules that for next 21 days rabbinical court may not rule on efficacy of divorce granted to woman by comatose husband. 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. First: 'Chained Man' Free As Court Demands Woman Accept DivorceThe High Court said that sanctions placed on a woman who refused to accept a divorce from her husband were appropriate. Court to Yeshiva Student: Get a Job!A Family Court judge tells yeshiva student he has a responsibility to find a job and pay the required child support to his five children. 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. Religious Divorce Must Not Be an Emotional WeaponBreaking up is hard to do, but we must not have a situation where we marry as Bnai Torah and divorce like terrorists. A response to an issue making headlines in NY. Guards Who Let 'Get Refusenik' Escape to be PunishedDisciplinary steps taken against officers after 'get refusenik' Shai Cohen jumped out a window at the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court. MK Ben-Dahan: Throw the Book At Husbands Who Won't Give 'Get'Much harsher punishments are needed for individuals who refuse to grant their wives a Jewish divorce, said MK Eli Ben-Dahan Justice for the AgunahBeit Din, the Sabbath and he who would withhold a get. |
