1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZGZPmZsMJv"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/rabbi-favors-easing-of-state-divorce-laws">Rabbi Favors Easing of State Divorce Laws</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/rabbi-favors-easing-of-state-divorce-laws/embed#?secret=ZGZPmZsMJv" width="600" height="338" title="“Rabbi Favors Easing of State Divorce Laws” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="ZGZPmZsMJv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The present divorce law in New York State is unethical and should be changed, asserted Rabbi Sidney E. Goldstein, associate rabbi of the Free Synagogue, New York City, and chairman of the social justice commission of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, when he spoke today at a hearing on proposed amendments to the divorce […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315