Judaism and Divorce

The author created a ritual to exorcise the pain she experienced when she was required to receive her get with utter passivity.

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

Confronting the issue of agunot, or "chained" wives.

In addition to the traditional get (bill of divorce) granted by the husband, Reconstructionism offers a woman-initiated get and a mutual get.

What's involved in dissolving a Jewish marriage.

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

History of Jewish divorce, Biblical, Talmudic, and modern

The liberal movements who have held that a civil divorce constitutes a get, or Jewish divorce, are finding that on an emotional, religious level, it's just not enough.

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

Biblical divorce law provided some protection for women by setting limits on a man's absolute power to divorce.