(JTA) – An Israeli woman who is seeking unsuccessfully to divorce her violent husband appealed to Israel’s attorney general to overturn a Rabbinic court’s denial of her request. The woman’s lawyers made the unusual appeal Thursday, following the Jerusalem Rabbinic Court’s denial last week of her divorce motion on grounds of documented domestic violence, which…
A New York court recently deemed the state’s Get Law, which was enacted to lend the power of the state to women unable to secure a Jewish divorce from their husbands, in large part, unconstitutional. If upheld on appeal, this decision could alter the landscape of Jewish divorce in the United States. At the core…
(JTA) — A haredi Orthodox man who urged his son to withhold a religious divorce from his disabled wife will remain out of jail but is still banned from leaving Israel. On Monday, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the man, whose name remains under wraps, does not have to serve a 30-day jail sentence levied on…
After his sexting embarrassed her and possibly cost boss Hillary Clinton the election, Anthony Weiner is apparently pleading with Huma Abedin not to divorce him. “He knows he’s hit rock bottom. But now they are both out of the limelight, they can focus on their son. They are actually getting on pretty well, and he…
New York developer Bruce Ratner is pulling out his real estate know-how in a nasty divorce battle, trying to boot his soon-to-be ex-wife from her Manhattan plastic surgery practice, her attorneys charge. Ratner has tried to gain the upper hand in the fight through “gamesmanship,” demanding that Lipkin vacate the premises on East 62nd Street,…
JERUSALEM — A Jewish man in Israel who refuses to grant his wife a religious divorce after being ordered to do so by a rabbinical court could face criminal charges and be jailed. A new policy directive issued Monday by Israel’s State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan said that if a husband is convicted of violating the…
Hollywood’s favorite Jewish divorce lawyer just landed another A-list client. Angelina Jolie, who rocked the internet yesterday after TMZ announced her split with long-time partner Brad Pitt, has hired high-powered attorney Laura Wasser to represent her. And for good reason, it seems. This definitely isn’t Wasser’s first ride around the high-profile divorce merry-go-round. Here’s everything…
(JTA) — In this case, the sins of the son are the sins of the father. Israel’s Supreme Rabbinical Court this month sentenced a haredi Orthodox man to 30 days in jail for pressuring his son to withhold a divorce from his wife for more than a decade. By upholding a lower rabbinical court decision,…
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