Agunah - Wikipedia
An agunah or aguna (Hebrew: עגונה \ עֲגוּנָה, aguná, plural: עגונות \ עֲגוּנוֹת , agunót; plural form: agunot; literally "anchored" or "chained") is a Jewish woman who is stuck in her religious marriage as determined by halakha (Jewish law).
ORA - Organization for the Resolution of Agunot
ORA is the only nonprofit organization addressing the agunah crisis on a case by case basis worldwide.
The Agunah - Chabad.org
Recent years has seen an increased awareness regarding the agunah problem, and attempts to aid those women who find themselves in this unenviable situation.
Agunot - Jewish Women's Archive
2021年6月23日 · Agunot (agunah, s.) are women who are unable to obtain a rabbinic divorce (get; gittin, pl.) because their husbands or their husband’s male next of kin are unable or unwilling to give one, leaving them chained in marital captivity (iggun). The term comes from the …
Potential Solutions to the Agunah Problem - My Jewish Learning
Orthodox and Conservative rabbis have worked to create solutions within the Jewish framework, including prenuptial agreements and retroactive annulment. When a husband refuses to grant a Jewish divorce to his wife, she is an –“chained” to the marriage.
Agunot: A Different Kind of Hostage | My Jewish Learning
No one who has read Chaim Grade’s powerful novel The Agunah will soon forget its tragic heroine, whose husband has left her and refuses to give her a get (Jewish divorce), so that she can never remarry. Actually, the novel describes only one of several categories of agunah.
Abuse in the Jewish Community - WomensLaw.org
2018年8月7日 · An agunah (“chained woman”) was traditionally a woman whose husband had disappeared in wartime or at sea, for example. Such a woman could not remarry under Jewish law because her husband could not be proven to be dead.
Agunah - Encyclopedia.com
AGUNAH (Heb. עֲגוּנָה; lit. "tied," cf. Ruth 1:13), married woman who for whatsoever reason is separated from her husband and cannot remarry, either because she cannot obtain a divorce from him (see *Divorce), or because it is unknown whether he is still alive.
Aguna - (Intro to Judaism) - Vocab, Definition, Explanations
An aguna is a woman who is unable to remarry according to Jewish law because her husband is missing or refuses to grant her a divorce (get). This situation raises significant challenges within the framework of Halakha, especially as it pertains to the treatment of women and the complexities surrounding marital obligations.
Aguna - Chochmat Nashim
Join the Movement! An agunah (plural: agunot) is a woman trapped in a marriage against her will because her husband refuses to grant a “get” (halachic bill of divorce). The reality is that every. single. Jewish. woman. who marries according to Orthodox tradition is a potential agunah. This does not have to be our reality.