Divorce

Getting divorced? This is probably the most important factor that will protect your children

Children don’t need perfect parents, just stability. They need two parents who can communicate and cooperate. Despite the difficulty, put the children at the center and keep talking.

Children need two parents who are able to cooperate and talk
THE CHIEF RABBINATE’S Supreme Court for Appeals in Jerusalem: Israelis deserve a religious court system that honors both Halacha and human dignity, the writer asserts.

Rabbinical court chaos leaves Israelis trapped in a broken system - opinion

 The parents don't want to come to the wedding because of the food

Divorced Americans are more likely to remarry, Pew finds

PEOPLE MARK the conclusion of Simchat Torah at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv last week, even as the clock continues to tick, still awaiting the return of hostages killed in captivity in Gaza. Simchat Torah was a mix of emotions this year, the writer notes.

Going it alone: Israel’s healing won’t come from the world—it must come from within - opinion


Legal beef: Wife files for divorce after husband's meat mishap

A couple's happy marriage ended after a vegan woman found out that her husband had been feeding their daughter meat.

 Illustrative image of divorce proceedings

'Shanda': A secret of divorce when it was taboo among US Jews - review

In America, for much of the 20th century, divorce was taboo, but for Jews it was even more unacceptable.

 US CONGRESSWOMAN Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) attends a hearing at the Capitol in Washington this past February. The book discusses a variety of secrets held by Jewish families, including Ocasio-Cortez’s downplayed Jewish connection.

Second marriage worries: Dealing with fears of remarriage after divorce

The high percentage of second-marriage divorces suggests that many people who enter a second marriage have not resolved some of the emotional issues that may have helped end their first one.

 There is less holding a second marriage together (Illustrative photo of a wedding).

New bill proposes broader sanctions on Israeli men refusing to divorce wives

Israeli law requires that a man give the divorce papers to his wife for the divorce to become valid.

 A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)

Jeffrey Epstein allegedly threatened to expose Bill Gates’ affair - report

Epstein tried to blackmail the multi-billionaire over his extramarital affair with Mila Antonova, a Russian bridge player, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Jeffrey Epstein looks on during a status hearing in his sex trafficking case, in this court sketch in New York

Moving to Israel too easy for this woman - she made aliyah twice

Risa Goldstein Shapiro moved to Israel twice. Now she looks forward to seeing the next generation grow up in Israel.

 WITH PARENTS Rosalie and Sandy Goldstein.

Yad La'isha: Jerusalem center fighting trapped marriages

Also known as “The Aguna Warrior,” Yad La'isha director Pnina Omer and her Jerualem-based organization fight to free women in trapped marriages.

 Pnina Omer, director of Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La’isha, in front of an artistic photo exhibit on the pain of being in a trapped marriage.

In Israel, a crumb of bread is valued more than a woman's life - opinion

They simply do not view the people they judge as equal before the law, in fact, the opposite: they actively discriminate against women and frequently the non-religious.

The Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals in Jerusalem.

This man tried to delay divorce proceedings - it cost him dearly

At the end of a drawn-out five-year process, the man who had tried to delay the proceedings had to pay over NIS 400,000.

 A gavel and the scales of justice.

Why I refused to get a 'get' - Jewish rabbinical divorce - opinion

Why cause me further suffering and humiliation? Why was my conduct not enough to satisfy the Rabbinate that my divorce was justified?

 WHAT IF he says to you, ‘Vivian. We can only get married under a huppa.’