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0 Jewish Law Communities

Talya Jankovits in Lehrhaus · 14 Feb

This text tells the story of a woman named Adina who is trapped in her marriage and unable to obtain a get, a Jewish divorce document, from her husband.

0 Jewish Law Communities

Social media is a powerful tool to lobby for Jewish divorce. A court nearly took it away

Michael A. Helfand in Forward · 15 Sep 2023

The recent New Jersey appellate court decision upheld a woman's right to use social media to mobilize social pressure in seeking a Jewish divorce when her husband refuses to grant it, protecting her freedom of speech under the First Amendment.

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Breaking the Chains

Nomi Kaltmann in Tablet · 26 May 2022

Gary Lesin-Davis, an English criminal lawyer, has gained expertise in using English law to prosecute Orthodox Jewish husbands who refuse to grant their wives a Jewish bill of divorce, known as a get.

0 Jewish Law Gender/Identity

Why Religious Liberty Can’t Justify Torture, Even When It’s for a Get

Michael Helfand in Lehrhaus · 20 Jul 2017

The article discusses a case where a group of Orthodox Jewish men, including rabbis, were involved in a torture-for-hire scheme targeting husbands who refused to grant their wives a Jewish divorce document known as a get.

0 Jewish Law Gender/Identity

My Two Divorces

Amy Schreibman Walter in Tablet · 24 Apr 2017

The author recounts her experience going through both a civil and a Jewish divorce within a year and a half of marriage.

0 Jewish Law History

Adam Kirsch in Tablet · 15 Mar 2016

In wrapping up the study of Tractate Gittin in the Talmud, readers confront the grounds for divorce under Jewish law.