The man, who is now 61, has been in jail since 2000 for failing to grant his wife a 'get,' the bill of divorce required by Jewish religious law to finalize a divorce
More than 2,000 divorce cases before rabbinical courts were closed before the court ruled on them, Haaretz has learned: 'The court made it very difficult for me, tripping me up with every request'
'It appears that his actions stem from vengeance and from a hardened heart, drunk with power and pride. Let us be clear: The defendant is the real master of chains for this woman,' the judges wrote
In the ultra-Orthodox world, where women are still forced to sit in the back of the bus, the fight for female representation is dangerous. One activist explains her motivation
Attorney general’s letter follows expiry of High Court ultimatum to change kashrut inspectors’ terms of employment due to possible conflict of interests
The fight to allow women to serve in the role, considered to be among the most senior ones in the rabbinical court system, has been underway for more than a decade
Responding to growing solidarity after Dov Haiyun's interrogation by police, Conservative movements launch fundraising campaign
Religious court-ordered detention 'harms the state, not me,' says Rabbi Dov Haiyun, at Haifa prayer protest. A-G tells police to wait to interrogate him for now
While a growing percentage of the religious Zionist community is finding numerous permits for doing so, some are opposed
We asked Israel's Chief Rabbinate about the Jewish law that forbids non-Jews from working in wine production