![]() Why did women's aid group set up a giant cage in Haifa?Legal aid group helping 'chained women' who were denied divorces by their husbands expands to northern Israel.![]() Postcards from freedomTen stories of 'bound women' morphed into ten illustrations gracing Rosh Hashana greeting cards, part of an initiative by Yad La'isha.![]() Argentinean detained in Israel for refusing to grant divorceIsraeli rabbinical courts stop recalcitrant husband from leaving Israel after petition by wife seeking Get after their civil divorce.![]() 'They love to hate the courts'Deputy Defense Minister says rabbinic courts working diligently and faithfully to help women whose husbands refuse to grant a divorce.![]() Israel to promote solution for 'chained-wives' around the worldIsraeli rabbinical courts granted authority to rule in cases of 'chained wives' even if neither spouse is an Israeli citizen.![]() Tzohar: Israeli couples embrace rabbinical prenupThe initiative is designed to reduce the amount of 'trapped women.'![]() The silent tragedy of men who suffer from recalcitrant wivesRabbinical courts pride themselves on helping women chained to recalcitrant husbands - but what about the men chained to recalcitrant wives?![]() Rabbinical court dissolves marriage of woman waiting 29 yearsParis rabbinical court dissolves marriage of woman who sought a divorce from her abusive husband for the last 29 years.![]() Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court succeeds in granting agunah divorceTel Aviv Rabbinical Court succeeds in getting recalcitrant husband who fled to France to sign get, granting his wife a divorce.![]() 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![]() 'Leniencies only within halakhic guidelines'Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef told new rabbis and rabbinical judges to be lenient only within the guidelines of halakha.![]() Jailed get-refusers to be banned from Torah studyPrison alone is not enough for some recalcitrant husbands; conditions to be worsened, if a new bill passes.![]() 'Refuser' husband located after 10 yearsRecalcitrant 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: Women's Rights, Conversion in Govt.Efrat'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: Divorce 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 Lauded for Freeing AgunahAshkenazic 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. |