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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.

MARCH 11, 2023
BySHARON GIVATI
Pnina Omer, director of Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La’isha, in front of an artistic photo exhibit on the pain of being in a trapped marriage.

Agunah Day – We must share their stories

"By surrounding the agunot with other women, we can provide them with a feeling of strength and hope."

MARCH 15, 2022
ByMICHAL OR
A PHOTO which expresses the pain, fear and frustration of the plight of agunot is part of a photography exhibit of Yad La’isha.

Chained woman finally freed from marriage after near 14-year struggle

Her ex-husband had managed to hide from law enforcement for seven years until a private investigations firm arrested him in a targeted manhunt.

JANUARY 5, 2022
From left to right: Yad La'Isha Rabbinical Court Advocate and Attorney Tehilla Cohen, Orly Vital, and Pnina Omer, Director of Yad La’Isha