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The Maccabeats sing to promote ‘halachic prenups’ for Orthodox Jewish couples
By David Gibson — May 5, 2017
NEW YORK (RNS) The endearing group of a cappella Orthodox Jewish singers is out with a 30-second spot that takes aim at the phenomenon of "agunot," or "chained women" whose husbands will not grant them a divorce.
Orthodox rabbis indicted in divorce shakedown scheme
By Richard Khavkine — May 23, 2014
TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) Four Orthodox rabbis implicated in a torture-for-hire operation were indicted Thursday (May 22).
Brothers admit role in Jewish divorce extortion scheme
By Jason Grant — March 12, 2014
TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) Two brothers have admitted to playing roles in a bizarre plot to kidnap, beat and torture a recalcitrant Orthodox Jewish husband to convince him to give his wife a religious divorce, authorities said.
N.Y. man pleads guilty in scheme with rabbis to violently extort divorce
By Bill Wichert — March 7, 2014
(RNS) David Hellman admitted to traveling with seven co-conspirators from New York to a New Jersey warehouse with the intention of forcing a Jewish man to give his wife a divorce document known under Jewish law as a “get.”
To get around Jewish law, some rabbis insist on prenups
By Lilly Fowler — January 29, 2014
(RNS) Some Orthodox rabbis are insisting that couples planning to marry have a prenuptial agreement to avoid the pitfalls of breaking free from a Jewish marriage.
Orthodox rabbis charged in Jewish divorce shakedown plot
By Ted Sherman — October 11, 2013
(RNS) According to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday (Oct. 10), the four are accused of charging families thousands of dollars to get recalcitrant husbands to agree to divorces, frequently by violent means.
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