Divorce

Want to make changes in life right now? This is how you will avoid mistakes

Dina Dror, a clinical social worker and psychotherapist, explains how to distinguish between a considered decision and an emotional response to ongoing pressure.

In periods of uncertainty, many consider dramatic changes in life
 Alps in Austria

Left on the mountain: What is an Alpine Divorce?

Children did not choose the divorce. Now, more than ever, this is an opportunity to create shared experiences that strengthen their sense of belonging

Divorced not happy? Use the war for a “ceasefire” for the sake of the children

Marriage and divorce today are profoundly different.

Dutch registry study: Children of divorce have fewer children and shorter relationships


Afghan's last Jew signs divorce papers without a Jewish witness - report

There is doubt as to whether or not the papers will be recognized in a Jewish court, as the witnesses were not considered "kosher," with one of them reportedly being a Priest.

 Zabulon Simantov, an Afghan Jew, prays at a Jewish cemetery in Kabul November 5, 2013. In his 50s, Simintov is the last known Afghan Jew to remain in the country. He has become something of a celebrity over the years and his rivalry with the next-to-last Jew, who died in 2005, inspired a play.

Getting divorced in Israel in the COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus didn’t just wreak havoc on relationships, it created new issues for couples already divorced and sharing custody. 

 Wedding bands (illustrative).

Couple in their 80's may divorce over COVID vaccine dispute

Until the threat of death do we part: An Israeli husband has refused to get a booster shot — Despite his wife threatening divorce.

 Israelis above 60 years old receive their third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a Clalit health care maintenance organization, on August 08, 2021  in Jerusalem.

How can you save a failing marriage? - opinion

Love creates compatibility between two people who would otherwise have nothing in common. But does compatibility compensate for the dwindling attraction between the two sexes?

‘A SINGLE QUESTION serves as the sole criterion for whether or not a couple should stay together: Do you still love each other?’

Why are divorce rates rising among Israeli-Arab couples? - BGU study

The study, based on interviews with Israeli-Arab women, shows that a combination of higher education and joining the workforce have challenged the traditional marriage dynamic.

Dr Maha Karkabi-Sabbah

In first, rabbinical court rules lawyers of get refusers can be sanctioned

Lawyers who hold up divorce proceedings as a bargaining tool can be sanctioned like the husbands, according to a new ruling on the matter.

View from the halls of the Rabbinical Court's Division for Agunot (literally, chained women),  Jerusalem

16-year agunah freed from marriage after rabbinical court rulings

After suffering a debilitating stroke, a woman’s husband abandoned her and refused to give her a divorce, until legal pressure from the rabbinical courts and the High Court of Justice.

THE RABBINICAL court in Tel Aviv

Can we sort out the concept of civil liberties in a Jewish state?

Legally mandated halachic requirements have created a situation in Israel where many citizens, Jewish and non-Jewish, do not have the right to marry within the state.

An Ultra-orthodox wedding in Bnei Brak, illustrative

Bill and Melinda Gates and the explosion of gray divorce - opinion

People who have been married more than a quarter-century who decide, after the kids are grown and out of the house, decide they’ve had enough. That’s become the fastest-growing segment of divorce.

PHILANTHROPIST AND co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, in 2017.

What should we be talking about this Mother's Day? - comment

A discussion of some of the issues that affect mothers in Israel today.

A girl hugs her mother before entering her elementary school in Sderot as it reopens following the ease of restrictions preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease.