Divorces

Love wins

Israel's divorce rate plunged by 3.9% in 2025

Rabbinical courts report a 3.9% fall in divorces, tougher sanctions on get refusals, and progress in resolving cases of women unable to remarry.

The financial side of Israeli divorces

Israeli divorces are different than American ones.

'Serial divorcee' asks religious court to 'erase' prior marriage

Woman who was married - and divorced - twice before asks rabbinic court to erase her record of previous marriages.

In rare ruling, court permits Israeli man to take a second wife

Haifa religious court permits man who was denied a divorce by his estranged wife to marry again - while legally still married.

'Give me money, then you can talk to your daughter'

Despite receiving child support, woman uses daughter to extort money from ex-husband. Activists say phenomenon is ignored by media.

'The solution is polygamy'

Polygamy and divorce are on the rise in war-torn Syria.

First: 'Chained Man' Free As Court Demands Woman Accept Divorce

The High Court said that sanctions placed on a woman who refused to accept a divorce from her husband were appropriate.

Fewer Israeli Couples Divorced in 2014

Divorces drop by 2%; agunah situation also improves.