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Jan 22, 2024, 10:40 AM

Our Abusive Relationship with Bibi Needs to End

For years, Netanyahu and the Likud told us that “Only Bibi can bring peace.” “Only Bibi” can extend the Abraham Accords to Saudi Arabia. “Only Bibi” can ensure our safety. “Only Bibi” can open the markets and expand the...

May 1, 2018, 7:16 PM

We’ve Solved the Agunah Crisis

I recently received a very exciting text message. It was from a woman whom I’ll refer to here as Ayala, letting me know that, after a two-year process, her civil divorce had been finalized. Finally. Thus concluded a marriage...

Sep 6, 2016, 8:38 PM

Get-Refusal Is Never Justified. Period.

I’ve been doubting myself lately. As the executive director of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA), I have the unique opportunity to visit dozens of Jewish institutions throughout the United States every year to discuss the plight...

Jan 27, 2016, 8:05 AM

Why I rescinded my shul membership

He left his synagogue for failing to address the tragedy of "chained women" that plagues the Orthodox world

Dec 25, 2014, 9:14 PM

Do Agunah Rallies Really Work?

Standing on a street corner, yelling at someone you’ve never met, is not a fun experience. It can be awkward and downright uncomfortable, not to mention physically demanding, especially if it means freezing in the cold or sweltering in...

Nov 24, 2014, 8:48 AM

We Can End The Agunah Crisis

Nearly every week we read a story in the media about a tragic case of get (Jewish divorce) refusal. Sometimes, the stories are about agunot (women who are denied a get by their husbands) who are finally freed after...

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Jeremy Stern is the Director of Partnerships at CauseMatch, an Israel-based digital fundraising platform. Previously, he served in leadership positions at the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, Tzohar, and Ohr Torah Stone. He lives in Efrat with his wife and children.

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