«Ms. Siegel, a Chicago filmmaker, was screening her 2011 documentary, "Women Unchained," about Jewish women whose husbands refuse to give a religious divorce known as a get. Less religious Jews divorce with no thought to the get. But in traditional Judaism, the husband may withhold the divorce. The women are considered agunot, or "chained wives." A recent survey found that between 2005 and 2010, there were 462 cases of agunot in North America.»
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/us/orthodox-jews-look-to-prenuptial-contracts-to-address-divorce-refusals.html
It's encouraging to see a "taqqanah" actually make an improvement in the lives of real people
Shalom,
RRW
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whose husbands refuse to give a religious divorce known as a get. Less religious Jews divorce with no thought to the get. But in traditional Judaism, the husband may withhold the divorce. this type problem come due to religion גירושין
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