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This week in Jewish history: Balfour Declaration and battle of Sharm el-Sheikh
A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.
Gett highlights Gaza hostages' hobbies in awareness campaign
Pango acquires Gett in $175 million mega-deal
Gett Delivery Expands Express Delivery Service Deployment
Ben Gurion Airport to receive dedicated taxi service operated by Gett
Gett will pay NIS 6.15 per trip from the airport to the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) as part of the contract.
Yad La'isha: Jerusalem center fighting trapped marriages
Also known as “The Aguna Warrior,” Yad La'isha director Pnina Omer and her Jerualem-based organization fight to free women in trapped marriages.
Why I refused to get a 'get' - Jewish rabbinical divorce - opinion
Why cause me further suffering and humiliation? Why was my conduct not enough to satisfy the Rabbinate that my divorce was justified?
Courts grant woman a Get after husband loses ability to speak
He originally refused to grant her a divorce before suffering a stroke and going mute, making it nearly impossible for him to grant one in the future.
Divorce refusal is violence against women - opinion
Over the years we have increasingly understood that get-refusal is a tool used by men who are perfectly willing to threaten their wives.
Rabbinical court approves public shaming to force get refuser's hand
After Aryeh Leib Kishon refused to give his wife a get, despite both religious and secular sanctions and pressure, the court resorted to public shaming.
Shira Isakov and the need for ‘aguna’ reform - opinion
The plight of the aguna cannot be ignored and we are failing our women – all of society, indeed we are failing God – if we simply throw up our hands and let this situation be allowed to continue.
In the Netherlands, judges can lock up Jewish men who refuse divorce
The Netherlands is the only country that comes close to that system.
HERE Mobility closes Israeli headquarters amid coronavirus pandemic
Like Gett, Uber and Lyft, HERE Mobility creates systems for transportation services used in taxi companies and transportation companies, among others to optimize their ability to process orders.
Country’s longest divorce refuser walks free from prison
‘The chief rabbinate don’t care that they haven’t provided me with a solution. That’s what bothers me,’ says agunah of over two decades
The rabbinate’s own wake-up call
Israel’s Rabbinical Court is indeed more powerful that any of its counterparts in the Diaspora. Empowered by civil law, it holds sole jurisdiction over the personal status of Jews in Israel.