The wed-locked agunot
Subtitle: Orthodox Jewish women chained to dead marriages
By: Susan Aranoff and Rivka Haut
Contributors: Haut, Rivka, 1942-2014, author
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780786479672; 9781476620312
Subjects: Jewish women; Agunahs; Divorce (Jewish law); Divorce; Law and legislation; Legal status, laws
Description: "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 rabbinate's inaction in response to the injustices faced by these women"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Founding of Agunah Inc.; title: Our Initiation; title: We Take to the Streets; title: Surveying Batei Din; title: The Phantom Ketubah; title: Extortion: Every Man Has His Price; title: When the Recalcitrant Is a Rabbi; title: Two Thanksgivings in Parsippany; title: Violence and Sexual Abuse; title: Conferences; title: Child Brides; title: The Beit Din That Couldn't; title: A Success Story; title: Civil Remedies: The New York State Gett Laws, or, Less Than Meets the Eye; title: Prenuptial Agreements; title: The Rackman Beit Din: A Watershed.