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London judge jails husband who withheld Jewish divorce from his wife

“You will be one of those chained women,” Alan Moher told his estranged wife, according to one report.

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A Dutch judge, Hendrik Steenhuis, presides over a hearing at Schiphol Judicial Court (JCS) complex in Badhoevedorp, the Netherlands on March 9, 2020 (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images)

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.

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Vicky Tzur had been unable to remarry under Orthodox Jewish law 2006.

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