Rabbinical court
Woman receives Jewish divorce after three-year struggle following financial pressure on husband
The couple had lived in Florida for over a decade, before separating in 2023. The husband refused to grant the woman, L., a get, demanding increasing financial compensation for it.
Shas-backed Zevadia Cohen elected Tel Aviv chief rabbi after High Court delays, political battle
Petition to High Court seeks to strike down new rabbinical courts arbitration law
Law widening religious courts’ role in civil disputes sparks debate over choice, rights - analysis
Gender discrimination in child support: Who decides, Supreme Court or Rabbinical Court?
Back in 2015, I wrote a paper arguing that Jewish Law is not discriminatory as the courts claim, at least from when the children are 6 years old.
‘Prove you’re a Jew!’ A cautionary tale for all immigrants in Israel
It is important for other Anglos to know about this story. It appears that neither age nor decades as an Israeli citizen ensure that an individual can avoid this irrational situation.
Rabbinic court approves publishing name of American-Israeli get refuser
The Rabbinic court allowed to publish the name of the husband who refuses to give his wife a divorce according to Jewish Law in order to pressure him.
Who is a Jew? 70% of Jewish Israelis say patrilineal descent doesn't count
The poll is the IDI's biennial statistical report and serves as an in-depth look at the balance between religion and state that is so central to Israel and Israeli society.
Change Jewish marriage methods to free agunot - opinion
Management of iggun assumes that agunah is a necessary, inevitable, unending fact of life. But iggun is not a law of math or terrestrial physics. It is literally, man-made and can and must be unmade.
Settlers alarmed as Ariel Rabbinical Court reduces operating hours
The court provides services on family law, property disputes, wills, inheritance and more to tens of thousands of settlers.
High Court snuffs out hope for tech-savvy haredim - opinion
It is true that joining the kosher tier is voluntary, and no one forces the ultra-Orthodox to be ultra-Orthodox. But this is essentially a "no-choice" game.
Courts grant woman a Get after husband loses ability to speak
He originally refused to grant her a divorce before suffering a stroke and going mute, making it nearly impossible for him to grant one in the future.
Court bars chief rabbi from appointing judges - report
The decision was motivated by Lau's recent move to promote his brother-in-law to a senior post in the Jerusalem Regional Court.
Aguna Day: 274 sanctions issued against get refusers in 2021
The courts arranged a divorce from 134 husbands in the former USSR, Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia, in 2021.
