From courtship to court

The women fall in love, or they decide to give a nice guy a chance. But red flags start to pop up. There’s abuse. And the women escape. A normal divorce story would end there, but they’re still trapped. They’re agunot- “chained women.” That’s because their husbands refuse to give them a religious divorce, known as a gett. 

 The women in Getting Free are professionals, mothers, neighbors, and leaders. This is where their fight for freedom begins.

 

In This Episode

• Why withholding a religious divorce (gett) is abuse and a violation of Jewish law
• What it means to be an agunah — a “chained woman”
• Why the agunah crisis affects women across denominations and levels of observance
• How coercive control escalates and what finally pushes women to leave

 

Key Moments

• [00:04:35]Julia decides to leave her marriage. 
• [00:08:35] What is a gett?
• [00:17:25] Red flags begin to appear.
• [00:21:03] What is coercive control?
• [00:23:33] The moment they decide to leave.

 

Learn more, access resources, and read the full transcript at https://www.internationalbeitdin.org/gettingfree/.

 

If you or someone you know is being denied a gett, confidential support is available at https://www.internationalbeitdin.org/get-help/