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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786472803321

Autore

Weiss Susan M

Titolo

Marriage and divorce in the Jewish state [[electronic resource] ] : Israel's civil war / / Susan M. Weiss and Netty C. Gross-Horowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-283-84776-0

1-61168-365-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law

HBI series on Jewish women

Altri autori (Persone)

Gross-HorowitzNetty C

Disciplina

346.569401/66

Soggetti

Divorce - Law and legislation - Israel

Jewish women - Legal status, laws, etc - Israel

Agunahs - Israel

Divorce (Jewish law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue : who are we? -- Introduction -- The clueless agunah -- The scarlet agunah -- The ping-pong agunah -- The accidental agunah -- The agunah pawn -- The reluctant agunah -- Human rights violations in Israeli rabbinic courts.

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive look at how rabbinical courts control Israeli marriage and divorce