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Women Remain Trapped: Agunah Crisis Persists Amid Improvements
3/1/2026
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Story summary
- Get-refusal keeps women in marriages, with many agunot still unresolved despite improvements in rabbinical court efficiency.
- Since 2016, Shira has sought help and waited ten years for her get.
- Rachel sought help in 2016 after years of abuse.
- Dina sought help in 2016 and was freed only after her husband's death.
- Judges hesitate to use halachic tools, leaving women in hardship as International Agunah Day approaches.
