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There is a disturbing new threat to agunot — women unable to obtain a religious divorce. And only those involved in contentious divorces know about it. Rabbinical court judges are robbing these women of the civil liberties they are entitled to as United States citizens, insisting that agunot litigate all aspects of their divorce in […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315