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44 Orthodox Rabbis Attack Tzohar Prenuptial Get: If You Support It You're Not Orthodox

By JNi.Media

The state of mind of a husband who signed the Tzohar prenuptial agreement may be affected by the financial consequences to the point where his get may not be given in a purely voluntary manner.

Rejuvenation with Eve Harow

Rejuvenation: A Tammuz Muse

By The Land of Israel

Feminism, hypocrisy, radical Islam, tourism and the devastating report on Jewish affiliation in America today on Rejuvenation with Eve Harow.

Headline / Jewish / Politics / The Courts / Business and Economy / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Rabbinate Report: Jerusalem Leads Israel in Divorces

By JNi.Media

Jerusalem led in 2016 in number of divorces: 725 couples. Meanwhile, Modi'in Illit saw a 45% rise in divorces. In all, in 2016, 10,841 couples were divorced in Israel, compared with 10,653 in 2015.

Headline / NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Judaism

Snub or Honor: the Case of UJA NY Federation and Phyllis Chesler

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

After news of the inglorious disinvitation spread, UJA Fed CEO Eric Goldstein offered Chesler an abject apology.

The Muqata

Too Pious to Give a Get

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.

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Religion

Report: Rabbinate May Be Plotting to Dump Rabbi Riskin of Efrat

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Chief Rabbinate will invite Rabbi Riskin for a hearing on whether to extend his term, ostensibly because of his age but possibly because of his views on conversion.

News Briefs / Saudi Arabia

Watch Saudi Arabian Woman Break the Law by Driving a Car

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Can a Twitter account with 355,000 followers convince Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive?

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Israel Wants UN to Recognize Hamas – as a Terrorist Organization

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The obvious rejection will be valuable for historians to understand why the UN is a world disaster area.

News Briefs / Saudi Arabia

Saudi Women Fined for Gross Traffic Crimes, Such as Driving (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Women drivers are so terrible in Saudi Arabia that police fine any woman they see. Their crime is driving. Threats of fines kept the “women’s driver protest” to a mere trickle.

News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judaism

Agunot Activist Woman Appointed to Panel for Jewish Judges

By Jewish Press News Desk

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has appointed the first woman as one of the members of the State Committee for the Appointment of Rabbinical Court Judges. Dr. Rachel Levmore, director of the Project for the Prevention of Agunot and Get-Refusal of the International Young Israel Movement and the Jewish Agency, was named to the panel based […]

United with Israel

Israel Hosts Global Conference to Promote Women’s Rights

By Rachel Avraham

Attendees learned about Israel’s success promoting women’s rights.

Iran / News Briefs / Religion / Sports

Rohani’s Acid Test: Can Women Enter Soccer Stadium?

By Jewish Press News Desk

Women in Iran are pinning their hopes on Hassan Rohani to pass what would be a sweeping reform in the Islamic Republic – allowing them to enter a soccer stadium. The issue is not minor in a country where an Iranian sports journalist told Turkey’s Hurriyet News, “In terms of freedom of expression, football stadiums […]

Israel / US / News Briefs

Obama Cites Liberties, Israel in Heritage Month Declaration

By JTA

President Obama cited the Jewish striving for freedom and the U.S.-Israel bond in his Jewish American Heritage Month declaration. "Jewish immigrants from all over the world wove new threads into our cultural fabric with rich traditions and indomitable faith, and their descendants pioneered incredible advances in science and the arts," Obama said Tuesday in declaring […]

America's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Bar Refaeli’s Vulgar Super Bowl Ad

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

GoDaddy's Super Bowl spot was a disappointment for American culture and even more disappointing that it starred an Israeli icon.

Shiloh Musings

The Ketubah as a Prenup

By Batya Medad

If the Ketubah would be taken seriously, as an enforceable legal document then there would be fewer agunot, "chained" women awaiting Jewish divorce from their husbands.

Serials

Getzlight - Chapter I

By Ruchama Feuerman

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