Monday, April 11, 2016

Why Bashing the Halakhic Prenup Destroys More Than It Builds

by Keshet Starr and Rabbi Jeremy Stern for The Jewish Daily Forward   

Any suggestion to help resolve the plight of agunot , or “chained women,” whose husbands won’t grant them a religious divorce, must be taken seriously. So we read Shayna Zamkanei’s article with great interest.

Zamkanei argues that the Halakhic Prenuptial Agreement (also known as “the Prenup”) does not work and she proposes what she sees as a real solution to the agunah crisis. She is wrong on both counts. Fortunately, while her proposed solution fails, the Prenup does not.

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