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Author:
Aranoff, Susan B., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88670380
Title:
The wed-locked agunot : Orthodox Jewish women chained to dead marriages / Susan Aranoff and Rivka Haut.
Publisher:
McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
x, 237 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Agunahs.
Jewish women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Divorce--Law and legislation--United States.
Divorce (Jewish law)
Other Authors:
Haut, Rivka, 1942-2014, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91079471
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.
Summary:
"This book takes the reader inside the rabbinic courts, into civil divorce courts and legislatures that contend with this problem and into the lives of victimized women and children. Well-versed in Jewish divorce law, the authors have counseled thousands of agunot, and challenged the Orthodox rabbinate's inaction in response to the injustices faced by these women"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0786479671
9780786479672
OCLC:
(OCoLC)898167596
LCCN:
2015013133
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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