But what far fewer people know is that some of the film’s most disturbing scenes, and arguably its most disturbing character, ...

Most agunot, or so-called ‘chained’ women whose husbands refuse to grant a divorce, are younger woman with children who are trying to leave a first marriage, according to a new study. The findings, ...

Disturbing footage showing a Chinese mother of eight chained by the neck to an outdoor shed has sent shockwaves through the country — and sparked backlash about its treatment of rural women. The video ...

CELINA, Tenn. (WTVF) — Women arrested in Clay County, Tennessee don't get a jail cell, they get chained to chair. The county's jail so old, it has no room for women. The sheriff confirms women ...

Following eight years of struggle, an Israeli mother named Adina Porat finally received a Jewish writ of divorce, or get, earlier this month, bringing back into the headlines the plight of “agunot” — ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WSPA) — Today Kala Brown’s attorneys were in court, arguing for an independent receiver of funds to be set up for Todd Kohlhepp. After the hearing, the attorneys told us that Brown was ...

She is one of Israel's "chained women" -- the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of wives denied a divorce by their husbands and prevented from breaking free by the country's use of Jewish law. The ...

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Having spent most of her adult life in Monsey's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, Julia Haart of Netflix's "My Unorthodox Life," recalls being surrounded by "chained women." These women, also called ...

With an unprecedented number of women involved in appointing rabbinical judges, husbands of "chained wives" may need to look out. JERUSALEM (JTA) — In this case, the sins of the son are the sins of ...

Five believers in China and US offer reflections on the tragedy still dominating WeChat discussions. Last month, a short video of a “mother of eight children” in the countryside of Xuzhou, a large ...