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1 online resource |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. The Founding of Agunah Inc. -- 2. Our Initiation -- 3. We Take to the Streets -- 4. Surveying Batei Din -- 5. The Phantom Ketubah -- 6. Extortion: Every Man Has His Price -- 7. When the Recalcitrant Is a Rabbi -- 8. Two Thanksgivings in Parsippany -- 9. Violence and Sexual Abuse -- 10. Conferences -- 11. Child Brides -- 12. The Beit Din That Couldn't -- 13. A Success Story -- 14. Civil Remedies: The New York State Gett Laws, or, Less Than Meets the Eye -- 15. Prenuptial Agreements -- 16. The Rackman Beit Din: A Watershed -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Pseudonyms -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Agunahs.
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Jewish women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Divorce -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Divorce (Jewish law)
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. |
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Agunahs. |
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Divorce (Jewish law) |
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Divorce -- Law and legislation. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Haut, Rivka, 1942-2014, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Aranoff, Susan B. Wed-locked agunot 9780786479672 (DLC) 2015013133 (OCoLC)898167596 |
| ISBN |
9781476620312 (electronic bk.) |
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1476620318 (electronic bk.) |
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9780786479672 |
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0786479671 |
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