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

Prior to the extraordinary punishment, the court froze the man’s bank accounts and confiscated his passport to pressure him into releasing his wife.

July 15, 2016 3:57 am

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

Among women respondents to the poll of 500 adult Jews, support for ending rabbinical courts' role was 79 percent.

March 25, 2016 8:44 am

Israeli rabbinical court shames, excommunicates man who won’t divorce wife

The unusual sentence followed four years of intransigence by Oded Guez, a physicist at Tel Aviv University.

February 19, 2016 12:57 pm

Opinion

Op-Ed: What Donald Trump and football can teach us about ‘chained’ women

By Avraham Bronstein January 27, 2016 1:09 pm

NJ couple who helped Jewish divorce ring sentenced to prison, probation

January 12, 2016 5:41 pm

Adina Porat freed from ‘chained’ marriage after 8-year struggle

By Marshall Weiss January 11, 2016 3:58 pm

10th and final member of ring that ‘unchained’ Jewish women from marriages sentenced

December 17, 2015 4:03 pm

NJ rabbi who led divorce ring sentenced to 10 years

December 15, 2015 5:38 pm

Rabbi in Jewish divorce torture ring sentenced to 38 months

December 14, 2015 5:06 pm

3 more sentenced for violently attempting to coerce religious divorce

November 20, 2015 6:50 am

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