Challenged to come up with a religious innovation Deborah Newbrun remembers what was lacking when she divorced, adapting existing practices to help people with healing and closure

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'

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

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

'You sought to manipulate and control her all in the knowledge that it would substantially impact her mental health,' judge tells Alan Moher, who will serve 18 months in prison

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

Zebulon Simantov, 62, grants a 'get' in a Zoom conversation with Sydney- and Istanbul-based rabbis, businessman who organized his rescue

FX TV to produce series based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner's novel about a New York Jewish couple's divorce struggles

Changes to domestic violence legislation will include provisions to sentence recalcitrant spouses to up to five years in jail for 'coercive' behavior

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