A U.S. judge ruled that an Orthodox Jewish woman could sue two rabbis for allegedly revealing marital secrets. The woman alleges that the rabbis told the woman’s husband that she felt unfulfilled in their marriage and had stopped her monthly trips to the mikvah, or ritual bath. The couple’s divorce is pending.
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