 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. |
