Rabbi Simcha Krauss, ‘gentle giant’ who fought for women’s rights in Orthodoxy, dies at 85 In his later years, Krauss started a new rabbinical court in an effort to help agunot, women who could not remarry because their husbands refused to grant them a religious divorce. By Shira Hanau January 23, 2022 9:57 am
In the Netherlands, judges can fine and lock up Jewish men who refuse to give their wives a religious divorce Defying Western Europe’s tradition of church-state separation, the country is the only one outside of Israel with such a system. August 19, 2020 12:32 pm
This document recorded Holocaust atrocities — and allowed survivors to remarry The ledger was compiled as proof that survivors’ spouses were dead, allowing them the chance to remarry under Jewish law. November 28, 2019 3:15 pm
Wives of Israeli men killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash could be in limbo By Marcy Oster March 28, 2019 3:12 pm
Supreme Court ends Israeli woman’s marriage to comatose husband after decade-long divorce March 31, 2017 11:37 am
Jerusalem rabbinical court dismisses husband’s violence as grounds for divorce February 10, 2017 6:50 am
Orthodox rabbis’ group mandates prenup to prevent ‘chained’ wives By Ben Sales September 23, 2016 5:48 pm
How Israeli women are gaining in the fight for Jewish divorce By Andrew Tobin August 22, 2016 11:20 am