The wed-locked agunot : Orthodox Jewish women chained to dead marriages /

"This book takes the reader inside the rabbinic courts, into civil divorce courts and legislatures that contend with this problem and into the lives of victimized women and children. Well-versed in Jewish divorce law, the authors have counseled thousands of agunot, and challenged the Orthodox r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Aranoff, Susan B. (Autor), Haut, Rivka, 1942-2014 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Temas:
Agunahs.
Jewish women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Divorce > Law and legislation > United States.
Divorce (Jewish law)
Agounot.
Divorce (Droit juif)
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Agunahs
Divorce > Law and legislation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Founding of Agunah Inc.
  • 2. Our Initiation
  • 3. We Take to the Streets
  • 4. Surveying Batei Din
  • 5. The Phantom Ketubah
  • 6. Extortion: Every Man Has His Price
  • 7. When the Recalcitrant Is a Rabbi
  • 8. Two Thanksgivings in Parsippany
  • 9. Violence and Sexual Abuse
  • 10. Conferences
  • 11. Child Brides
  • 12. The Beit Din That Couldn't
  • 13. A Success Story
  • 14. Civil Remedies: The New York State Gett Laws, or, Less Than Meets the Eye
  • 15. Prenuptial Agreements
  • 16. The Rackman Beit Din: A Watershed
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Pseudonyms
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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