Divorce is meant to take care of the wife. But occasionally, a husband will manipulate the system.

Rarely do we see as clearly the tension between traditional Jewish practices and secular values as in the issue of annulment.

Over time the rabbis increased the wife's power in a marriage, yet maintained the absolute right of the husband to grant a divorce.

The husband may grant a conditional divorce if he expects to be in mortal danger.

An activist for agunot traces her development from demonstrator to promoter of prenuptial agreements that help protect women in the event of a divorce.

The ticket to freedom.

This rarely performed ritual releases a man from the obligation of marrying his deceased brother's childless wife.

False conditions.

When the synagogue is welcoming, the newly divorced begin to overcome their inhibitions about reconnecting to the Jewish community.

Presumed dead.