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The tragedy of agunot — women unable to obtain a Jewish divorce — remains a seemingly unsolvable problem within halacha [Jewish law] that has left too many women in an emotional, legal and financial black hole. Adding to the problem is the absence of data. In Israel, estimates of 10,000 agunot have been reported by […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315