The Wed Locked Agunot

Author : Susan Aranoff,Rivka Haut
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476620312

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The Wed-Locked Agunot by Susan Aranoff,Rivka Haut Pdf

The anguish endured by agunot (chained) Orthodox Jewish women trapped in unhappy or defunct marriages by husbands who refuse to give them a gett (divorce) reveals the power of religious law even when it conflicts with modern societies' moral and legal norms. These women may be civilly divorced but must petition rabbinic courts in their quest to obtain a gett. In these courts women are subject to financial demands, pressured to drop charges of domestic violence and pedophilia against their husbands and to concede custody and visitation rights to unfit fathers. This book takes the reader inside the rabbinic courts, into civil divorce courts and legislatures that contend with this problem and into the lives of victimized women and children. Well-versed in Jewish divorce law, the authors have counseled thousands of agunot and challenged the Orthodox rabbinate's inaction in response to the injustices faced by these women.

Author : Yehezkel Margalit
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107163409

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The Jewish Family by Yehezkel Margalit Pdf

The Jewish Family examines Jewish family law in the light of new attitudes concerning the role of women.

Author : Matthew Levering
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621642930

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The Indissolubility of Marriage by Matthew Levering Pdf

This well-researched book explains why the Catholic Church continues to teach marital indissolubility and addresses the numerous contemporary challenges to that teaching. It surveys the patristic witness to marital indissolubility, along with Orthodox and Protestant views, as well as historical-critical biblical exegesis on the contested biblical passages. It also surveys the Catholic tradition from the Trent through Benedict XVI, and it examines a Catholic argument that the Catholic Church's teaching can and should change. Then it explores Amoris Laetitia, the papal exhortation from Pope Francis on marriage, and the various major responses to it, with the issue of marital indissolubility at the forefront. Finally, it retrieves Aquinas's theology of marital indissolubility as a contribution to deepening current theological discussions. The author argues that Amoris Laetitia upholds the traditional Catholic teaching that a valid and consummated Christian marriage is absolutely indissoluble, in accord with the teachings of Jesus and the Apostle Paul, as solemnly and authoritatively taught by the Council of Trent and affirmed by later popes and the Second Vatican Council. He says that Amoris Laetitia should be interpreted and implemented in light of the doctrine of marital indissolubility: implementations that undermine this doctrine should be avoided. Levering says that numerous contemporary Catholic theologians and biblical scholars are mistakenly turning the indissolubility of marriage into contingent dissolubility based upon whether the spouses continue to act in loving ways toward each other. The sacrament's gift of objective indissolubility is thereby undermined. Fortunately, the main interpreters of Amoris Laetitia, whose views have been approved by Pope Francis, insist that the Apostolic Exhortation does not change the doctrine of marital indissolubility in any way.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Jews
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011997025

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The Jewish Spectator by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Feminist Collections by Anonim Pdf

Author : Susan M. Weiss,Netty C. Gross-Horowitz
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611683653

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Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State by Susan M. Weiss,Netty C. Gross-Horowitz Pdf

A comprehensive look at how rabbinical courts control Israeli marriage and divorce

Author : David Aberbach
Publisher : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UVA:X000864838

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At the Handles of the Lock by David Aberbach Pdf

This is the first serious attempt to analyse the development and variation of themes in the work of S. J. Agnon (1888? - 1970), winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1966. In particular, the author looks at psychological themes, allowing his approach to be determined by the nature and style of the works themselves, rather than attempting to fit them into any one psychoanalytical framework.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Comparative law
ISBN : UCAL:B5128326

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Wisconsin International Law Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Feminism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022100858

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Lilith by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Feminism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123036647

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Nashim by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daniel Gordis
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062368768

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Israel by Daniel Gordis Pdf

Winner of the Jewish Book of the Year Award The first comprehensive yet accessible history of the state of Israel from its inception to present day, from Daniel Gordis, "one of the most respected Israel analysts" (The Forward) living and writing in Jerusalem. Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world’s attention, aroused its imagination, and lately, been the object of its opprobrium. Why does such a small country speak to so many global concerns? More pressingly: Why does Israel make the decisions it does? And what lies in its future? We cannot answer these questions until we understand Israel’s people and the questions and conflicts, the hopes and desires, that have animated their conversations and actions. Though Israel’s history is rife with conflict, these conflicts do not fully communicate the spirit of Israel and its people: they give short shrift to the dream that gave birth to the state, and to the vision for the Jewish people that was at its core. Guiding us through the milestones of Israeli history, Gordis relays the drama of the Jewish people’s story and the creation of the state. Clear-eyed and erudite, he illustrates how Israel became a cultural, economic and military powerhouse—but also explains where Israel made grave mistakes and traces the long history of Israel’s deepening isolation. With Israel, public intellectual Daniel Gordis offers us a brief but thorough account of the cultural, economic, and political history of this complex nation, from its beginnings to the present. Accessible, levelheaded, and rigorous, Israel sheds light on the Israel’s past so we can understand its future. The result is a vivid portrait of a people, and a nation, reborn.

Author : Alice Shalvi
Publisher : Halban Publishers
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781905559978

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Never a Native by Alice Shalvi Pdf

"Alice Shalvi is one of the few women in the world who lived through a world devastated by fascism, and advanced a democracy in which people are linked, not ranked. Reading about her past will inspire our future." Gloria Steinem

Author : Jack Nusan Porter
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018349501

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Women in Chains by Jack Nusan Porter Pdf

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Author : Naomi Graetz
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015051987793

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Silence is Deadly by Naomi Graetz Pdf

The topic of battered women in the Jewish tradition has just begun to be properly explored. The purpose of this book is to present the attitudes on wifebeating that can be found in Jewish texts. As Naomi Graetz shows, rabbinic responses to wifebeating in the Jewish community are not monolithic.

Author : Michael J. Broyde
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 0881256781

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Marriage, Divorce, and the Abandoned Wife in Jewish Law by Michael J. Broyde Pdf

One of the most vexing problems to confront American Orthodox Jewry is where a wife is abandoned by her husband who refuses to give her a Jewish divorce. This work seeks to explain the agunah problem in the United States. It notes that the contemporary agunah problem in America is radically different than that of contemporary Israel and completely different than the talmudic agunah problem. The thesis of this book is that the agunah problem in contemporary America is part of a more general dispute in classical Jewish law as to when marriage should end. Thus, this book surveys how Jewish law seeks to respond to the consent of the other party or without a finding of fault. It concludes by noting that prenuptial agreements can successfully address the agunah problem in the United States since they provide a way for couples to create an image of marriage and divorce by which they can agree to live. Michael J. Broyde is an Associate Professor of Law at Emory University and the Academic Director of Law and Religion Program at Emory University. He is a member (dayan) in the Beth Din of America and was the director of that Beth Din while on sabbatical from Emory. In addition, he is the founding rabbi of the Young Israel synagogue in Atlanta. Professor Broyde is the author of The Pursuit of Justice in Jewish Law and co-author of Human Rights in Judaism.--Amazon.com.