The wed-locked agunot

By Susan B. Aranoff

Subjects: Law and legislation, Divorce, law and legislation, Divorce, Jewish women, Women, legal status, laws, etc., Divorce (Jewish law), Agunahs, 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"--