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'

Arab affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman on why Arab MKs spurned Zelensky, plus an Arab teen's death; Diaspora affairs reporter Judah Ari Gross on Ukrainian 'aliyah,' and 'agunot'

Ronen Vital found sitting in his car in south Tel Aviv; is still refusing to give a religious bill of divorce after 13 years, but advocates are optimistic

An ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn fixer and an Israeli-American businessman rescue athletes, prosecutors and judges from Taliban rule after Zebulon Simantov refuses to leave

Zebulun Simantov, 62, has refused for two decades to grant a religious divorce to his wife in Israel and could face legal repercussions if he flees to Jewish state

British changes to legislation mean a man who refuses a Jewish divorce will now be clearly recognized as exerting controlling and coercive behavior, UK Jewish News reports

Activists post signs spotlighting issue of women denied a religious divorce, ahead of Fast of Esther

Novelist and journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner will write screenplay for upcoming film about Mendel Epstein, who kidnapped, beat and tormented husbands unwilling to grant 'get'

Netherlands judiciary is the only one in the world outside of Israel that punishes husbands who refuse to give their wives a writ of divorce or 'get' — with fines and even jail

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