agunah

Will haredi Orthodox Jews embrace pre-nups that protect women from becoming agunot?

This Sunday will mark a new milestone in the fight to end the agunah crisis: for what is believed to be the first time, haredi Orthodox couples will attend a “Halachic Prenup/Postnup” party in Brooklyn.

Israeli rabbinic, legal groups partner for prenup in bid to prevent agunot

Tzohar and the Israel Bar Association introduced the agreement under which a husband must pay his wife daily in the event of a separation.

N.Y. rabbi pleads guilty in divorce extortion scheme

Rabbi Mordechai Wolmark and his gang were caught masked in an FBI sting at a New Jersey warehouse carrying rope, surgical knives and a screwdriver to coerce a recalcitrant “husband.”

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