Michele Chabin, Author at Women's eNews

Israel’s Divorce Ruling Leaves Matter Unsettled

By Michele Chabin ● Arts & Culture ● November 26, 2010

JERUSALEM (WOMENSENEWS)–An Israeli women’s rights organization is deciding whether to ask the High Court here to reconsider its ruling on a divorce practice it says allows men to blackmail estranged wives seeking to remarry.

"The court did not completely ban the practice of paying off recalcitrant husbands," said

To Remarry, Jewish Widow First Kneels to Custom

By Michele Chabin ● Arts & Culture ● September 21, 2010

A Jewish widow ran into an unexpected snag when she was planning to remarry. A rabbi said that according to ancient law, she would need to marry her brother-in-law unless he freed her in a ceremony known as halitza.

Israeli Women’s Prayers Hit Reactionary Wall

By Michele Chabin ● Arts & Culture ● June 8, 2010

A woman wearing tefillin touches the Western Wall. Women in Israel are prohibited from wearing tefillin and prayer shawls at the Western Wall.

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