Get Refusers

UK judge jails husband who withheld Jewish divorce from his wife

London judge sentences Jewish real estate mogul to 18 months in jail, after refusing to grant her a Jewish divorce document.

'Serial groom' revealed to be divorce refuser

When Y married the love of her life, becoming his 3rd wife, she never imagined that she'd end up a victim of get-refusal.

'Feminist myth exploded' - more female get-refusers than male

Knesset committee on get-refusal refuses to present statistics by gender, while law continues to discriminate against male get-refusers.

46 get refusers in Israel - both men & women

New data shows rabbinical courts much faster at concluding divorce cases than secular courts.

UK bill would punish husbands who refuse Jewish divorce

Changes to UK domestic abuse bill will make it easier to punish Jewish husbands who refuse to grant wives traditional 'get' divorce document

How legislation led to 80 women being freed from agunah status

Israeli rabbinical courts can now impose sanctions on get refusers from abroad, if they visit Israel.

After a night in prison, husband grants get to estranged wife

Police issued arrest warrant for husband who was picked up at a lockdown checkpoint.

Court allows publication of female get-refuser's details

In first, Israeli rabbinical court allows publication of female get-refuser's details. 'I did nothing wrong,' woman claims.

Israel to bar entry to divorce-refusers

Men who refuse to grant their wives divorces will be barred from entering Israel, following passage of new law.

'Those who won't grant divorces will be marked like Cain'

Israel attorney proposes law allowing get-refusers' photos, personal details, to be published online.

Sanctions for recalcitrant females? Moalem refuses to answer

MK Shuli Moalem works to increase sanctions against recalcitrant husbands, but not wives. Why the discrimination? Moalem refuses to say.

Rabbinical Court statistics:

Rabbinical Court: More female than male get-refusers

Since 2012 nearly 12% more women refused to accept divorce than men who refused to grant one.

Recalcitrant husband takes Rabbis to court over shaming

Rabbinical Court ordered shaming of Oded Gez who refused to give his wife a divorce.

FBI nabs two in Satmar murder plot

Satmar rabbi and associate arrested for allegedly plotting murder of man who refused to grant his wife a divorce.

Couple cannot leave Israel due to ‘Gett refuser’ son

Father of 'divorce refuser,' Oded Gaz, sentenced to 30-day imprisonment after son stops appearing in Court hearing.

Prenuptial agreement will remove the need for public shaming

Head of Tzohar explains the correct way to avoid get refusal, explains how shaming can be used in certain cases as a last resort.

Can online shaming be ‘kosher’?

Tzohar Rabbincal Organization releases guide for online shaming.