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Wives of Israeli men killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash could be in limbo

A special rabbinical court must prove conclusively that the men got on the plane and died in the March 10 crash near Addis Ababa.

By Marcy Oster March 28, 2019 3:12 pm

New Israeli bill seeks punishment for Jewish foreigners with ‘chained’ wives

The legislation would expose in Israel any Jew found guilty of unjustly refusing to grant his wife a divorce.

March 16, 2018 3:01 am

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

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

Jerusalem rabbinical court seeks to end alimony ‘inflation’ in ketubah

August 17, 2016 6:47 am

Haredi father who blocked son’s Jewish divorce must serve prison sentence in Israel

August 12, 2016 10:33 am

Rabbinical court sentences Israeli man to 5 years in jail for refusing wife a divorce

July 15, 2016 3:57 am

Poll: 75% of Israelis want divorce out of rabbinate’s hands

March 25, 2016 8:44 am

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