Opposition lawmakers say draft amendment compromises women's position and is part of a slide toward theocracy

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'

Israel's 'Married at First Sight' features its first same-sex couple, dating show 'New Love' includes a woman whose mother isn't Jewish; all are unable to wed in the Jewish state

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

On International Women's Day, activists and observers lament the tight rabbinate control over marriage and divorce in Israel, with few changes in the system expected anytime soon

Rabbinical court reports number of case files opened also decreased compared to 2019, saying trend should be 'welcomed'

Vicky Tzur's ex-husband filed for divorce in 2006 and left the country, leaving her unable to remarry; she won over $200,000 last year in lawsuit

Case of Oded Gez has set precedents, with state rabbinate publicizing his name to pressure him; after his 2016 escape under false identity, marriage was annulled in rare step

Meir Gorodetsky became first man to face criminal charges over recalcitrance, is released after completing criminal sentence

Over 11,000 couples formally end their marriages; statistics don't cover divorces for non-Jews in Israel or Jewish citizens who got hitched in civil ceremony abroad