Divorce

The changing face of marriage and divorce in today’s society

|ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ
Marriage and divorce today are profoundly different.
Children need two parents who are able to cooperate and talk

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.

|ByYIFAT SANI, A CERTIFIED PARENT COACH
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

System failures, from missing files to postponed hearings, in Israel’s rabbinical courts are delaying justice and trapping families in legal limbo.

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

Divorced Americans are more likely to remarry, Pew finds

Around 1.8 million Americans ended their marriage through divorce in 2023, but two-thirds will likely go on to tie the knot a second time. 

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Rabbinical courts: Only 427 open cases of extended divorce proceedings

Women’s rights groups dispute low number of divorce-refusal cases presented by rabbinical courts, in Knesset committee hearing Tuesday.

NOVEMBER 10, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

The NGO helping women suffering from Get refusal

What triggered my interest in this Mavoi Satum was a touching personal encounter with a young divorced mother of three.

OCTOBER 28, 2021BySHOSHANA TITA
Liran Hazan (Right) was almost murdered by her husband got a divorce.

Couple may divorce over vaccine conflict

The wife is the only one currently working, but she's not allowed to go to work until she vaccinates, which she refuses to do.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021ByMAARIV ONLINE
Divorce 150

Last Jew of Afghanistan divorces wife after 20 years of refusal - report

Zabulon Simantov signed divorce papers via a Zoom call with the Sydney Tribunal, with several others in attendance.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021BySIMCHA PASKO
Zabulon Simantov, an Afghan Jew, blows the traditional shofar, or ram's horn, at a synagogue in Kabul

Afghan's last Jew signs divorce papers without a Jewish witness - report

There is doubt as to whether or not the papers will be recognized in a Jewish court, as the witnesses were not considered "kosher," with one of them reportedly being a Priest.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021BySHIRA SILKOFF
Zabulon Simantov, an Afghan Jew, prays at a Jewish cemetery in Kabul November 5, 2013. In his 50s, Simintov is the last known Afghan Jew to remain in the country. He has become something of a celebrity over the years and his rivalry with the next-to-last Jew, who died in 2005, inspired a play.

Getting divorced in Israel in the COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus didn’t just wreak havoc on relationships, it created new issues for couples already divorced and sharing custody. 

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021BySHIRA KALLUS ZWEBNER
Wedding bands (illustrative).

Couple in their 80's may divorce over COVID vaccine dispute

Until the threat of death do we part: An Israeli husband has refused to get a booster shot — Despite his wife threatening divorce.

AUGUST 11, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis above 60 years old receive their third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a Clalit health care maintenance organization, on August 08, 2021 in Jerusalem.

How can you save a failing marriage? - opinion

Love creates compatibility between two people who would otherwise have nothing in common. But does compatibility compensate for the dwindling attraction between the two sexes?

JULY 6, 2021BySHMULEY BOTEACH
‘A SINGLE QUESTION serves as the sole criterion for whether or not a couple should stay together: Do you still love each other?’

Why are divorce rates rising among Israeli-Arab couples? - BGU study

The study, based on interviews with Israeli-Arab women, shows that a combination of higher education and joining the workforce have challenged the traditional marriage dynamic.

JULY 6, 2021ByMAAYAN GILOH
Dr Maha Karkabi-Sabbah

In first, rabbinical court rules lawyers of get refusers can be sanctioned

Lawyers who hold up divorce proceedings as a bargaining tool can be sanctioned like the husbands, according to a new ruling on the matter.

JULY 1, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
View from the halls of the Rabbinical Court's Division for Agunot (literally, chained women), Jerusalem