Agunahs and the fight for Jewish divorce in America
In Brooklyn and across the United States a growing number of Jewish women labeled agunahs remain legally married because their husbands refuse to grant a religious divorce or get. Cases involve delays, high stakes bargaining, and pressure through groups like GET as women seek freedom to remarry while maintaining civil divorce outcomes.
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Mexico City
Avitzur
Louis-Jack Pozner
Selma Margulies
New York
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Myron Margulies
Sally Bulka
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Bulka
Isaac Bulka
Moses
New York State
Beth Din
Madeline Smilow
Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America
Council
Joseph Sassel
New York Mercantile Exchange
Kurtz
Get Equitable
GET
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Gloria Greenman
U.S. Supreme Court
Avitzurs
Myron
Margulies
Selma
Jewish Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Former Bristol Labs exec joins Syracuse Rescue Mission staff
Kenneth L. Barber of Clay becomes director of operations at Syracuse Rescue Mission. He previously led Bristol Laboratories materials management and has long served as a volunteer Christian leader. Barber, a North Syracuse Baptist Church member, held Gideons International posts and chaired church committees. He holds a chemical engineering degree from Tri-State University and is married with four children.
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Clay
Syracuse Rescue Mission
Barber
Bristol Laboratories
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Training Union
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N.Y.S
Syracuse
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Syracuse University
Tri-State University
Interreligious Council hosts in-house benefit for Hillbrook residents
Syracuse area updates note the Interreligions Council Citizens Committee for Hillrook Contention Home residents hosting an in-house benefit on Aug 25 at 2 pm. The event honors care for kids with the theme There is no such thing as a bad kid only a kid who needs someone to care.
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Syracuse Area
State law links civil divorce to religious get in NY
Gov. Mario Cuomo signed a law requiring certain religious divorce obligations before a civil remarriage is granted. The bill aims to curb coercive denials of a get by husbands, especially affecting Orthodox Jewish women, while opponents cite church state separation concerns.
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New York State
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
Sheldon Silver
Manhattan
New York Civil Liberties Union
Madeline Kochen
Ms. Kochen
Worry control a guide from a mindful mentor
The piece explains worry as a habit built from negative thoughts and images. It urges belief in change, outlines steps to detach from worst outcomes, and advises analyzing a worry with rational thought, citing Dr. David Keppel and a humorous verse about trouble.
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David Keppel
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