Agunot

The 'unspoken agunot': The wives of men whose deaths by Hamas were never confirmed - opinion

In contrast to the victim of get-refusal, the war widows desperately wanted to stay with their husbands. They became agunot due to evil forces from without.

 A room at Camp Shura designed for families to part from the deceased who have fallen in Israel's wars.
THE WRITER attends an Agunah Day event of the International Young Israel Movement at the Beit Knesset Hanassi synagogue in Jerusalem, 2014.

The IDF preventing wartime ‘agunot’ - opinion

 A HUSBAND signs the document in front of two witnesses, ensuring that his wife will not be chained to marriage – she looks on.

Israel's 'chained wives' are hidden victims of war - opinion

 Shir Lavi Znati is seen addressing the Knesset.

Freeing 'agunot': A lawyer's fight to help free Jewish women denied divorce


New British legislation considers Get refusal as domestic abuse

A new act in the UK targeting Jewish husbands who refuse to provide religious divorces to their wives is expected to lower the number of Jewish women held in a state of religious marriage limbo.

Each aguna story represents a woman (or man) trapped in a lonely world of frustration and bitterness, bordering on cruelty

Fighting ‘get’ refusal is a vital task we must all confront

In fact, the institution of a get was biblically initiated as part of a series of laws to preclude spousal abuse – the first laws of this nature in human history.

A WOMAN (foreground) holds a sign that says her husband has refused to give her a ‘get’ (writ of divorce) for nearly a year, at a protest outside the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem in 2011.

Insta-shaming is not enough, we need a solution for Agunot - opinion

Instagram is not novel, the medium is new, but the message is the same.

THE RABBINICAL Court’s Division for Agunot in Jerusalem.

Mavoi Satum - Helping women in chains to eradicate divorce denial

The organization, founded in 1995, is at the forefront of the struggle in Israel to help free 'agunot,' or chained women.

MAVOI SATUM, together with several organizations, demands solutions the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court on International Women's Day

Jerusalem judges travel to hospital to arrange divorce for blind couple

The complexity of the situation was due to the hatband having had a severe stroke six years earlier.

THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

The arbitrary, dangerous practices of Israel's rabbinical courts - opinion

Women need a safe and clear exit strategy from a broken marriage; whether abusive or not.

SHIRA ISAKOV (right) arrives earlier this week for a Beersheba court hearing of Aviad Moshe, who tried to murder her in Mitzpe Ramon a few months ago.

Shira Isakov and the need for ‘aguna’ reform - opinion

The plight of the aguna cannot be ignored and we are failing our women – all of society, indeed we are failing God – if we simply throw up our hands and let this situation be allowed to continue.

A GROUP of women – one holding a sign that says ‘Electronic bracelets save lives’ – participate in nationwide strike protesting violence against women, in Tel Aviv in 2018.

Helping break the chains of agunot whose husbands refuse divorce - opinion

Increased public awareness and new perspectives in Jewish law bring hope to agunot

File photo: Divorce.

Woman granted Jewish divorce after husband sanctioned by European courts

The get was given just days after sanctions were imposed, ending a three-year battle.

File photo: Divorce.

Woman granted divorce ten years after husband cut contact

Once their marriage was finalized, she became aware that her new husband had serious financial problems he expected her to help handle.

THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.