Divorce

How Karaite laws influence weddings, divorce and ritual purity.

The Torah tells us to protect widows--but not all Jewish authorities recommend marrying them.

Jewish children born from forbidden sexual relations pose ethical and communal challenges.

The author created a ritual to exorcise the pain she experienced when she was required to receive her get with utter passivity.

Rarely do we see as clearly the tension between traditional Jewish practices and secular values as in the issue of annulment.

In addition to the traditional get (bill of divorce) granted by the husband, Reconstructionism offers a woman-initiated get and a mutual get.

The husband may grant a conditional divorce if he expects to be in mortal danger.

History of Jewish divorce, Biblical, Talmudic, and modern

Under certain circumstances a woman may request that a Jewish court compel the husband to perform the acts required for a Jewish divorce.

An activist for agunot traces her development from demonstrator to promoter of prenuptial agreements that help protect women in the event of a divorce.

Orthodox and Conservative rabbis have worked to create solutions within the Jewish framework, including prenuptial agreements and retroactive annulment.

When the synagogue is welcoming, the newly divorced begin to overcome their inhibitions about reconnecting to the Jewish community.