A recent ruling has important ramifications for Jewish divorce law in the U.S.

The dramas of Vilna in the 1920s are not so far removed from the dramas an Orthodox rabbi’s wife sees playing out in the 2020s.

A rare document from the DP marriage boom.

As a solution to the problem of agunot—“chained” wives—halakhically valid pre-nuptial agreements avoid recourse to the sometimes brutal coercion of recalcitrant husbands.