NJ couple sentenced for helping Jewish divorce ring
Prison time, probation given to husband and wife for assisting a kidnapping aimed at pressuring man to grant ‘get’
View ArticleRabbinical court: Help us find man who won’t divorce wife
Oded Guez, excommunicated by the rabbis, had failed to show up for a hearing about ending his marriage
View ArticleJewish men refusing divorce will soon lose places to hide
A new Israeli-European database is set to list husbands who won’t allow their wives to leave them
View ArticleJerusalem rabbis: Limit grooms’ alimony vow to 1 million shekels
Rabbincal court’s quest to cap prenuptial pledges comes as another group tries to make it easier for women to get divorces
View ArticleIsn’t get refusal his only recourse?
Myths & facts about Jewish divorce, including why withholding the divorce is not a legitimate negotiating tool
View ArticleOrthodox rabbis’ group mandates prenup to prevent ‘chained’ wives
Rabbinical Council of America will require couples to sign agreement ensuring husbands will not withhold a ‘get’ from their spouses
View ArticleEntire rabbinical court to rule on comatose husband divorce case
In historic first, complete bench of Supreme Rabbinical Court will decide whether lower court was right to grant 'get'
View ArticleThe Chief Rabbi tries to undo a divorce
Protesting the notion that one rabbinic court can revoke a get issued by another: Is no divorcee's second marriage safe?
View ArticleJailed divorce-refusers stand to lose religious benefits
New law allows rabbinical courts to sanction inmates, barring them from religious studies program and forcing them to wear regular uniforms
View ArticleSupreme Court ends Israeli woman’s marriage to comatose husband
Rabbinical judges, who had sought to intervene, blocked from prolonging decade-old case
View ArticleNew Israeli bill would punish Jewish foreigners with ‘chained’ wives
Move comes at behest of European rabbis looking to punish husbands who refuse to grant divorces; 'Today among Jews in Europe, everyone has relatives in Israel'
View ArticleBritish court orders businessman to pay wife alimony until he gives her a ‘get’
Alan Moher of Manchester loses appeal against decision that ordered him to pay $1.7 million in a lump sum by completion of their civil divorce, plus additional yearly payments
View ArticleDutch judges can sanction Jewish men who refuse to give wives religious divorce
Netherlands judiciary is the only one in the world outside of Israel that punishes husbands who refuse to give their wives a writ of divorce or 'get' — with fines and even jail
View ArticleNew film to tell story of rabbi who tortured men to force divorces
Novelist and journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner will write screenplay for upcoming film about Mendel Epstein, who kidnapped, beat and tormented husbands unwilling to grant 'get'
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In first, Britain jails businessman for refusing to grant his wife a Jewish...
'You sought to manipulate and control her all in the knowledge that it would substantially impact her mental health,' judge tells Alan Moher, who will serve 18 months in prison
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