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Tag Archives: jewish divorce
Getting A Jewish Divorce
I’m unaware of any changes in the RCC‘s policies on divorce. Most of the complaints I’ve heard about the RCC with divorces is that they are anti-male. Not saying they are. Anne emails: I am researching about Jewish divorce and … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, RCC
Tagged angry women, insight, jewish divorce, rabbi, RCC
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2009 Official Israeli Rabbinate Report on State of Jewish Divorce
Gadi Pickholz emails: The Israel Father’s Rights Advocacy Council applauds the Chief Rabbinate and the National Bet Din of the Israeli Rabbinical Courts for publication yesterday of the most definitive and scientific analysis of the State of Jewish Divorce yet … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce
Tagged advocacy council, anglo saxon, couples therapy, fault divorce, jewish divorce, jewish divorces
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A Jewish Divorce Heads To Goyisha Court
A.B. emails: Dear Luke: The Agudath Yisrael continues to employ Moses Kolodny part-time in its archives despite the fact that this man is assisting his daughter to seriously violate halocho by taking her estranged husband to court. he has been … Continue reading
Posted in Agudath Israel, Divorce, Haredi, Jews
Tagged false charges, jewish divorce, kolodny, mesirah, Monsey, order of protection
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A Nasty Fight The Rabbis Wrought
The RCC put up this website MeirKin.com to pressure Meir Kin to give his wife a divorce through the RCC. The website lists Meir Kin’s home address. Meir Kin is willing to give his wife a divorce through a Beit … Continue reading
Posted in Hershel Schachter, Meir Kin, RCC
Tagged home addresses, jewish divorce, Monsey, orthodox rabbis, RCC
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How Do LA’s Orthodox Rabbis Determine Their Moral Priorities?
All three Modern Orthodox shuls in Pico-Robertson — Bnai David-Judea, Beth Jacob and Young Israel of Century City — email their members to regularly rally outside the home of Meir Kin’s parents to protest his refusal to give a Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Meir Kin, Pico/Robertson, Rabbis, RCC
Tagged Beth Jacob, divorce case, jewish divorce, moral priorities, orthodox shuls, YICC, Young Israel
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Divorce Protest In Los Angeles
Rebecca Spence writes for the Forward: Los Angeles — On the day known as Ta’anit Esther — when observant Jews fast before Purim — more than 150 members of Los Angeles’s close-knit Orthodox community gathered for a protest rally outside … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, Divorce, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, R. Steven Weil, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged chained women, jewish divorce, orthodox community, protest rally, rebecca spence, thorny subject
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ARI RALBAG VS. EILEEN BURK ET. AL.
This is a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court: Case Type: Other Promissory Note/Collections (General Jurisdiction) Case#: SC098384 Parties: BURK EILEEN – Defendant,BURK YAKKOV – Defendant,RALBAG ARI – Plaintiff,RALBAG ARI – Plaintiff & Plaintiff In Pro Per Attorneys: Date Filed: … Continue reading
Posted in R. Aryeh Ralbag
Tagged agudath, angeles superior court, aryeh, brooklyn new york, case type, city of amsterdam, divorce cases, ecclesiastical court, eileen burk, Eruv, first cousin, Google, google search, israel meir, jewish divorce, jurisdiction case, kashrus organization, los angeles superior court, note collections, ovadia yosef, prestigious journal, rabbinical college, rabbinical court, rabbinical ordination, rav moshe, rav ovadia, roshei yeshiva, union of orthodox rabbis, Young Israel
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Jewish Press Accused Of Feminism
Someone calling himself the Rabbinic Corruption Committee has gone on the warpath against the Jewish Press and its campaign against men who won’t give their wives a get (Jewish divorce). Here’s a taste of this new blog called jewishpressmess: 1)DO … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, The Jewish Press
Tagged agunah, conversions, corruption, divorcee, Feminism, gittin, harrassment, intimidation, Israel, jerusalem post online, jewish divorce, jewish press, Marriage, quot, rabbinate, Rabbis, RCA, regard, valid address, warpath
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The Sleazy Characters Rescuing Isaac Hersh
Rabbi Yosef denied his wife a get (Jewish divorce) for eleven years. She was a chained woman and could not remarry within traditional Judaism. Steve Zakheim, the guy that has custody of Isaac Hersh, practiced massive fraud and sexual harassment … Continue reading
Posted in Isaac Hersh
Tagged ambulance corps, ambulance service, boat rides, chained woman, emergency medical technician, giuliani administration, jewish divorce, massive fraud, mdash, pound man, private ambulance, rabbi yosef, sexual harassment, state supreme court, steve zakheim, traditional judaism, trip to the hospital, village voice, yankee games, yankee stadium
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