World Conference on Soviet Jewry Report - Frances Mendell

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Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

1981-1993 (indexed as 1981–1993)

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Includes a pair of information sheets on the work being done to help Jewish women whose husbands refuse to divorce them (i.e. give them a 'get').

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World Conference on Soviet Jewry Report - Frances Mendell

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ICAR: INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR AGUNAH RIGHTSCANADIAN COALITION OF JEWISH WOMEN FOR THE GETICARDO YOU KNOW ?ACCORDING TO JEWISH LAW, HALAKHA :A GET is a Jewish divorce.The wife's only part in the proceedings is to accept or refuse the GET.An AGUNAH cannot remarry according to Jewish law.THE OBJECT IS TO:STOP WIFE ABUSE IN JEWISH LAW!For more information, call one of the following organizations:B'NAI BRITH WOMEN OF CANADACANADIAN HADASSAH WIZOEMUNAH WOMEN CANADANA'AMAT CANADASTATUS OF WOMEN COMMITTEE CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESSWOMEN'S CANADIAN ORTWOMEN'S FEDERATION FEDERATION CJADivorcing Jewish couples must have a GET.Only the husband can initiate the GET.The Bet Din, a court of three rabbis, supervises the writing and delivery of the GET.If the woman refuses to accept the GET, loopholes are available for the husband only.If the husband refuses to write the GET, the wife can never be divorced.A woman with a civil divorce who is refused a GET is an AGUNAH.An AGUNAH is victimized by her estranged husband and his abuse of the Jewish law.Liberate women from non-existent marriages - prevail upon men to write their wives GET.Encourage AGUNOT to go to their Batei-Din - insist that halakhic means be found to release them.Prevent future AGUNOT - have couples sign prenuptial agreements for a GET.Mobilize the Jewish community to expose and shun men who refuse their wives a GET.Urge rabbinic authorities to find halakhic solutions for all cases of AGUNOT.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

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