Aguna
Rabbinical court chaos leaves Israelis trapped in a broken system - opinion
System failures, from missing files to postponed hearings, in Israel’s rabbinical courts are delaying justice and trapping families in legal limbo.
The 'unspoken agunot': The wives of men whose deaths by Hamas were never confirmed - opinion
IDF soldiers’ wives at risk: The urgent case for conditional divorces
Divorce refusal will only be solved if everyone does their part - opinion
Collection of Bergen-Belsen 'agunot' rabbinic rulings to be auctioned off
The rabbis of the Bergen-Belsen rabbinical court were the first to collect testimonies from Holocaust survivors right after World War II.
America’s pain and the aguna’s chain
Each aguna story represents a woman (or man) trapped in a lonely world of frustration and bitterness, bordering on cruelty.
Chief Rabbi prevents 10-year-divorce refuser from burying his mother
“This is the most severe case of Agunah for over a ten years in which the husband totally refuses to allow his wife to continue her life."
Cage in Haifa highlights the struggle of women trapped in divorce
The cage was decorated with living room furniture meant to invoke a sense of home, and the visitors who stepped inside were asked to imagine the constricted world of an aguna.
‘No one should be an aguna for even a day’
Organization for wives with recalcitrant husbands aims to bring awareness to plight
Do we love our daughters less than they do theirs?
This week, we mark International Aguna Day, traditionally held on Ta’anit Esther, the fast on Purim eve. (An aguna is a Jewish woman who is “chained” to her marriage.)
Prevention of the classic ‘aguna’
The problem of a spouse, whether the husband or the wife, refusing to sever the bonds of marriage in accordance with Jewish law even at the marriage’s end, is unfortunately all too common.
US citizen held hostage by Israeli rabbinical court
There can be little doubt that the Israeli rabbinical court is holding this American citizen as a hostage in violation of both Israeli law, Jewish law and basic humanitarian principles.
Rabbinical Court refuses to accept ruling freeing 20-year Agunah
An independent court ruled to annul the marriage, but the rabbinical court has instead opened proceedings against the imprisoned husband.
Releasing chained women – by working around the Chief Rabbinate
Rabbi Daniel Sperber is innovating with annulments to help solve the ‘aguna’ problem.
