A counter-protest of men then shouted ‘insolent women ... Herschel Schachter issued a statement on ‘Proper and Improper Agunah Activism’. He called the strike a ‘terribly destructive ...

Greenberg said the difference this time around is the strong cohort of rabbis calling for a shift in the way the agunah issue has been framed, from a tragic situation to a human rights injustice.

A woman unable to enjoy a normal marital relationship and unable to extricate herself through divorce or proof of death is referred to in halachic literature as an agunah, or “chained” woman.

“The family wants to remain as agunah advocates,” Dicker said. “It doesn’t end with Gital’s get.” JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism ...

Part of the HBI Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law, the Boston Agunah Taskforce is devoted to research, education and advocacy for fairness in the Jewish divorce process. We believe that ...