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Vast majority of Modern Orthodox rabbis require a prenuptial agreement for marrying couples

The prenup ensures that in the event of a divorce, neither side can use the religious divorce, or get, as a bargaining chip.

By Marcy Oster March 20, 2019 12:04 pm

Supreme Court ends Israeli woman’s marriage to comatose husband after decade-long divorce

The court blocked the Chief Rabbinate from reviewing the 2014 ruling of rabbis who determined the marriage may be dissolved years after the husband was injured in an accident.

March 31, 2017 11:37 am

Haredi man whose son is withholding Jewish divorce avoids jail

The father, who has been called the driving force behind his son’s refusal for 14 years to grant his disabled wife a "get," still is not permitted to leave Israel.

January 17, 2017 4:12 pm