British campaigners held a candlelight vigil Sunday in London for Jewish women whose husbands have denied them a religious divorce. The Agunot Campaign designated the first night of Chanukah as “Agunot Awareness Day.” Agunot is the term used for women denied gets, or religious divorces.
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