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Apr 6, 2025, 4:53 PM

The Pain of Agunot – and the Power of Redemption

As we approach Passover, we reflect on the themes of freedom and redemption, recalling the journey of our ancestors from slavery in Egypt. But the festival is not only about looking back—it is also a call to recognize the...

Mar 8, 2020, 11:23 PM

What will become of the ‘easy’ divorce cases?

Illustrative. A woman drops her wedding ring, divorce. (iStock)

Agunah Day reminds us that any woman trying to move on from a failed marriage can get stuck when her husband insists that she capitulate to his will again and again and again

Nov 25, 2018, 10:09 AM

Get-refusal is also violence

Chained woman (Illustrative, via iStock)

On this day devoted to fighting violence against women, give a thought to 'P', whose husband has refused her a divorce for 19 years

May 28, 2018, 4:25 PM

The Reward of the Recalcitrant

What's the difference between the recalcitrant husband and the one who hits his wife? Not too much

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Pnina Omer is the Director of Yad La'isha: the Monica Dennis Goldberg Legal Aid Center for Agunot, part of the Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions. Yad La'isha is the largest, most comprehensive and most experienced support center for agunot in the world, providing clients with expert, female legal representation and the services of in-house social workers -- regardless of age, background or religious affiliation.

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