The reality is that every. single. Jewish. woman. who marries according to Orthodox tradition is a potential agunah. This does not have to be our reality. There is much that can and should be done to strengthen Jewish marriage and save Jewish women from the hands of abusers.
Unfortunately, our leadership does not take this issue seriously and does not do what it can to prevent or save women from this fate. Chochmat Nashim partners with organizations around the world bringing awareness and promoting halachic prenuptial and postnuptial agreements to prevent agunot. We partner with leading women’s advocacy organizations and leverage our connections in the Knesset, courts and community leadership. We stay abreast of the latest developments on the agunah front to contextualize and understand the avenues most effective for progress, and then present this information to you.
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Rate My Beit Din is a revolutionary user based review site for the divorce department of batei din (Jewish Religious Courts) around the world.
Think of us as “Yelp” for batei din. Our goal is simple: to increase transparency in the Jewish Divorce process. Our site includes features such as general information about each court, cost for the divorce process in that court, average response time, and whether or not people have had good experiences with a particular beit din. The site also aims to hold batei din accountable for this process by making these reviews public.
Ratings are based on hard data compiled from the ‘Beit Din Experience Survey”, as well as professional evaluations of the beit din. Each page and beit din are rated according to the same questions and criteria.
Rate My Beit Din is here to support various stakeholders in the beit din system. Batei din may improve their ratings through faster response time, internal reporting, and training in areas such as domestic abuse and trauma-informed care. We encourage batei din to reach out to us to begin this process and share the goal of a less contentious and smoother divroce process.
Rate My Beit Din is a project of Chochmat Nashim in collaboration with organizations and individuals around the world seeking to end Get abuse, Get refusal and to return integrity to Jewish marriage and divorce.
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Help protect Jewish marriage by signing a halachic pre or post nup. Be in touch with us or the organizations listed here for more information!
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The halachic prenuptial agreement is the most effective method currently available to the Jewish community to prevent get refusal.
Chochmat Nashim believes that no couple should get married without signing a halachic prenup.
Like a social vaccine, widespread use of the prenup creates “herd immunity” and sets a communal standard so that everyone is protected.
If you or someone you know in the US needs help in the Jewish divorce process, call ORA.
The International Young Israel Movement in Israel is a leader in halachic prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Contact them to arrange an individual or group signing! “The Agreement of Mutual Respect” is available in an international version in five languages.
You can also sign it if you are already married! Find out about the post nup here.
The Center for Women’s Justice is a legal advocacy group tackling the agunah problem via civil and halachic solutions, such as convening private rabbinic divorce courts and creating the most comprehensive halachic prenup to date.
Yad L’isha is a Legal Aid Center and Hotline providing women agunot with the free legal representation, mediation and social support services.
ITIM helps people navigate the religious authorities’ bureaucracy in Israel.
Make a statement on agunah day by changing your social media profile pictures to one of the memes below. Memes on this page can be downloaded by clicking on the images and saving to your computer.
