Advocates for 'agunot,' whose husbands refuse to assent to religious divorce, celebrate ruling that said defendant had not harassed former partner with online posts seeking support

Social worker accompanying client whose husband is refusing a divorce is told her short-sleeved shirt is not modest enough to appear before judges

David* violated restraining order, was sent to prison for 8 months while refusing to grant his wife Lital* a divorce; yet Haifa rabbinical judges suggest they seek 'shalom bayit'

Until now, incarcerations have only been used on recalcitrant husbands, but a rabbinic court ruled that this sanction was the only way to get the wife to accept the 'get'

Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on National Unity disunity; religion reporter Judah Ari Gross on incentives to bury stillbirths and pressure on recalcitrant husbands

Group backing woman who's been 'chained' for nearly 20 years hails move as a gesture showing Israel stands with her, but others see it as failing to address root issue

Tamar's ex-husband fled to the US to evade child support payments and refused to grant her a divorce, preventing her from starting a new relationship and having more children

Israel has until now refused to let women whose husbands deny them a divorce get pregnant through donated sperm or IVF, due to fierce rabbinate opposition

After a 'chained' woman's former husband claims he deliberately botched divorce ritual, judges say she's still single, but he must issue another 'get' if he ever wants to remarry

To mark Yom Ha'aguna, The Times of Israel spoke with a woman who was able to obtain a divorce from her abusive husband, and those working to help others do the same