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Author Aranoff, Susan B., author.

Title The wed-locked agunot : Orthodox Jewish women chained to dead marriages / Susan Aranoff and Rivka Haut.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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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.
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Subject Agunahs.
Agunahs.
Jewish women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Jewish women.
United States.
Divorce -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Divorce (Jewish law)
Divorce (Jewish law)
Divorce -- Law and legislation.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Haut, Rivka, 1942-2014, author.
Other Form: Print version: Aranoff, Susan B. Wed-locked agunot 9780786479672 (DLC) 2015013133 (OCoLC)898167596
ISBN 9781476620312 (electronic book)
1476620318 (electronic book)
9780786479672
0786479671