Tag: Aguna
Chief Rabbi Delays Burial of Get Refuser’s Mother, Refuser Caves (Maybe)
Five years ago, the man remarried, leaving his first wife without a Get which keeps her from being remarried in a religious ceremony.
Agunah Asks Rabbinic Court to Release Get-Refusing Husband after 17 Years in Prison
Meir Gorodetsky is the most stubborn get refuser in Israel, and has been behind bars since the turn of the millennium.
Too Pious to Give a Get
The ongoing behavior of withholding the Get is not pious behavior, therefore one can't demand the privileges and services that a pious person requires, demands or expects.
New Bill Revokes Get-Refusing Inmates’ ‘Mehadrin’ Kosher Food, Boarding Privileges
"A man who turns his wife into an aguna and refuses to obey the judges' order to stop abusing her is not truly a man who values halakha and maintaining a Jewish lifestyle."
Longtime Agunah, ‘Chained Woman’ Freed for Passover
It’s taken 14 years and an ocean of sorrow but a “chained woman” is free in time for the seder.
Religious Divorce: Where Does Justice Lie?
There is never an excuse to withhold a Get from a woman. NEVER!
NY Man Pleads Guilty to Violently Forcing Husbands to Free ’Agunot’
A New York personal trainer has pleaded guilty in federal court to being part of a group of men who used violent means in...
New Hope for ‘Agunot’ Women Trapped by Separated Husbands
A new initiative will use Jewish law to help “Agunot” women, separated from husbands who refuse to grant them a divorce that would let them re-marry.
FBI Arrests NY Rabbis for Beating Husbands Who Refuse Divorce
Many Jewish women suffer as “agunahs,” unable to re-marry because their husbands refuse them divorces. Four Jews, two of them rabbis, allegedly took the law into their hands and beat husbands until they agreed.
