Five Years In Prison For Divorce-Refusing Husband
The Supreme Rabbinical Court recently sentenced a haredi man to five years in prison for refusing to give his wife a Gett (divorce document required for divorce by Jewish law).
Supreme Rabbinical Court Declines To Recognize Rabbi Lookstein’s Conversions
In a hugely controversial step, the Supreme Rabbinical Court asked a female convert of prominent US Jewish leader Rabbi Haskel Lookstein to declare her acceptance of the religious commandments in court so as to avoid doubt as to her Jewishness.
For Ultra-Orthodox Women In Israel, Losing Their Religion Can Mean Losing Their Children
Rivka says she gave up a lot more than she bargained for when she swapped her heavily cloistered ultra-Orthodox lifestyle for a non-believing life in an Israeli coastal metropolis a few years ago.
Chief Rabbi Lau: Ivanka Trump Conversion Legitimate
The brouhaha surrounding the recognition of Ivanka Trump’s conversion to Judaism by Israel may be nearing it’s end.
Lubavitch Rabbis Issue Edict Against Modern Orthodox Eruv In Crown Heights
Chabad Lubavitch rabbis in Crown Heights, Brooklyn issued an edict to void the New York neighborhood’s new eruv a symbolically enclosed area that allows observant Jews to carry objects on Shabbat.
Israeli Rabbis Challenge Clergyman Who Converted Ivanka Trump To Judaism
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate cuts slack to no one, not even if you are the daughter of a man who may become the next president of the United States.
Israel Investigates Parents of Hasidic Man Denying Wife Divorce
Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit has ordered a criminal investigation against the parents of a man hiding abroad and denying his wife a divorce on suspicion they are abetting a crime by helping their son violate a ruling of an Israeli rabbinical court.
Bill: Jailed Get-Refusers To Be Banned From Studying Torah
The Ministerial Legislative Committee – that which determines whether the government will support or reject new legislation has approved a bill designed to help “chained” women: If the recalcitrant husband is jailed for not giving a get (religious divorce), he will be prohibited from being served kosher l’mehadrin food, he will not be incarcerated in…
DetailsNew Global Database To Target Jewish Men Refusing Wives A Divorce
Hoping to assist women who have been refused a divorce, Orthodox rabbis in Israel and Europe have announced plans to set up a joint database that will contain the names and photographs of their recalcitrant husbands.
Kin’s Daughters Speak out!
Meir “bugeyed” Kin, nicknamed “the mamzer” by Gedolei Yisrael refuses to give his wife Lonna a get, while he went on to marry a Brazillian Skank ….