For 135 days R remained in jail and refused to release Orly, conditioning her freedom on impossible financial demands.
The husband has been arrested, but has so far still refused to supply his wife with a Get.
By Israel Hayom
According to rabbinical-court data,11,076 couples were divorced in 2020, as compared with11,451 in 2019.
The initial prosecutions were marked by government conduct that should shock the conscience of anyone who believes in fair play.
By JoeSettler
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.
By JTA
A Golden Globes award will help women still chained by obstinate husbands.
Rambam: Regarding a husband who refuses to give a Get: "He is beaten until he says, ‘I agree.’ ”
One who may leave his wife an agunah is not included in the general rule that we may not imprison on Shabbos.
By JTA
Another New York City man has pleaded guilty to being part of a group of men who used violent means in exchange for pay to force Jewish husbands to give their wives religious divorces. Simcha Bulmash, 30, of Brooklyn pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., to participating in the extortion ring, […]
There is never an excuse to withhold a Get from a woman. NEVER!
By JTA
A New York personal trainer has pleaded guilty in federal court to being part of a group of men who used violent means in exchange for pay to force Jewish men to give their wives religious divorces. David Hellman, 31, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J. and could be sentenced to up […]
By Batya Israel
Can you imagine being deprived for years of conjugal relations, intimacy, and a home life?
By JTA
A source close to Aharon Friedman, the estranged husband of Tamar Epstein, is denying a report that he has granted his wife a religious writ of divorce, or get. This week, the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, or ORA, issued a flyer and fundraising call announcing that “Tamar is Free,” leading to an erroneous […]
After 10 years of marriage, with 2 children, the wife began an affair with her female boss.