Rabbinical court
The rabbinate as an extra-territorial entity - opinion
The rabbinical courts operate according to their own internal rules, with virtually no external oversight.
Once, Jews defended themselves to survive. Now this reflects defeat - opinion
Woman receives Jewish divorce after three-year struggle following financial pressure on husband
Shas-backed Zevadia Cohen elected Tel Aviv chief rabbi after High Court delays, political battle
Divorce sous pression
Jusqu’où peut-on aller pour convaincre un mari récalcitrant de donner le guett ?
Rabbinical court calls for investigation of father of man dodging divorce
A haredi husband has been reluctant to grant his wife a divorce, and the courts believe his father is financially supporting his recalcitrance.
Rabbinical court infringes on US civil jurisdiction in 8-year agunah case
The Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem has tried to broker a financial settlement between an estranged husband and wife to secure her a bill of divorce, despite legal proceedings in US civil courts.
Women’s groups question divorce statistics released by rabbinical courts
Issues surround sanctions against recalcitrant husbands.
Divorce rates continue slow rise, say Rabbinical Courts statistics
The statistics indicate a general trend of a small, but steady increase in divorce rates since 2012.
JPost Editorial: Crime and no punishment
The mother’s anguish was not only directed at religious hypocrisy.
In Israeli first, divorce refuser to face criminal prosecution
Husband in question has refused to give a divorce for 17 years and has sat in jail for most of that time.
Learn from Islam
Perhaps one day a woman will be appointed not just to an administrative position, but rather to serve as a full-fledged rabbinical judge.
Ministry to appoint woman to be deputy director of rabbinical courts
MAVOI SATUM director Batya Kahana-Dror (above) sees the appointment of a women as deputy director of the rabbinical courts as merely the first step.
JPost Editorial: Agunot in Zion
While we applaud the High Court’s decision, the “Aguna of Safed” case raises a number of questions regarding the place of Jewish law in a state that purports to be both Jewish and democratic.