Ramit, a mother of three, a poet and an artist, received a get today in the Haifa Rabbinical Court. This came after a bitter five year struggle in which Ramit insisted she deserved her freedom without having to make concessions or compromises. Congratulations! We hope ...
A few months ago CWJ filed a tort claim against a woman for not accepting a get from her husband. We debated long and hard before filing this lawsuit. Mostly, because we know that the problem is not mutual. Women suffer much more. Let’s face it. The halakha is gender-biased. It gives men almost unfettered ...
The Center for Women's Justice has created a fictional character- Savta Bikorta- (Critical Grandma) to try to convey what is happening in the rabbinic courts. The stories Savta Bikorta tells are real. She is a figment of our imagination. The stories are not so easy to watch. They are not so easy for our clients either. The ...
The Center for Women’s Justice (CWJ) is dedicated to the advancement of women’s justice, particularly in the area of marriage and divorce. Israeli civil law defers all matter relating to the personal status of its citizens to ...
Susan Weiss, founder and executive director of the Center for Women’s Justice in Jerusalem, which is committed to advancing the rights of women to equality, dignity and justice under Jewish law, received the “Women in Law” citation by the Israel Bar Association, at ...
