Divorce refusal will only be solved if everyone does their part – opinion
The meeting room of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee crackled as politicians, Mavoi Satum, and other women’s rights organizations, representatives of the rabbinical courts, and lawyers hashed out the details of the updated Rabbinical Courts Bill (Enforcement of Divorce Rulings). Among the topics of debate was a clause containing an extremely limited definition […]
Polygamy: Why is it illegal, what do religions think of it? – explainer
?Is polygamy legal in Israel Technically, no. However, the actual truth is more complicated. srael forbids polygamy explicitly, and the country’s marriage laws are backed by religious rulings. However, there are still two circumstances in which polygamy in Israel is possible. The first and far more commonly known one is polygamy among the Bedouins in Israel’s […]
The get-refusal problem should have been solved more than 30 years ago – opinion
“One in five women is refused a get from her ex-husband when they divorce, making it impossible for her to remarry. This week, on March 17, it will be 30 years since Israel passed the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty. Thirty years of a foundational law demanding universal human dignity and liberty should be […]
The NGO helping women suffering from Get refusal
What triggered my interest in this Mavoi Satum was a touching personal encounter with a young divorced mother of three.
In first, rabbinical court rules lawyers of get refusers can be sanctioned
From the article: “The wife in the recent case began proceedings in the rabbinical court due to her husband’s worsening cognitive condition, which she feared could eventually make it impossible to receive a get if proceedings continued for too long. The wife was represented by attorneys Orit Lahav and Batya Cohen from Mavoi Satum, which […]
Attempted murder results in an immediate religious divorce
From the article: After six months, the Ashkelon rabbinical court ruled that Hazan was compelled to give his wife a gett, because attempted murder of one’s spouse was grounds for immediate divorce. According to Batya Cohen of Mavoi Satum, its a “precedent setting statement.”
Mavoi Satum – Helping women in chains to eradicate divorce denial
An article by Kylie Eisman Lifschitz, chairwoman of the executive board of the Mavoi Satum organization. From the article: THE VETO right the state grants men over women’s freedom is unconscionable. In cases of domestic violence, when the Rabbinical Courts essentially hand the keys to a woman’s freedom over to her abuser, it is dangerous […]
Shira Isakov, Liana Hazan: The arbitrary, dangerous practices of Israel’s rabbinical courts
From the article: “Liana Hazan was almost murdered by her husband months before Shira. Unlike Shira, before the attempted murder, Liana had been to the rabbinical court to attain her get. Enraged by her attempts to leave, her husband slashed her all over with a boxcutter. Against all odds, Liana survived. Her husband is now […]
Private rabbinical court annuls marriage after man moves to US
