Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State: Israel's Civil War

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211 I n d e x Abitbul, Rafi, 44, 46 Adala Legal Centre v. Ministry of Interior (2006), 188 adultery. See infidelity Agudath Israel, 32 agunah, 2. See also women Ahi Dakar (submarine), 12–13 alimony: in Dalia’s case, 85, 86; foreign courts on, 27; rabbinic courts’ jurisdiction over, 12; and refusal to accept a get, 31; in Shira’s case, 49; in Tikvah’s case, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110 Almond, Gabriel, 33 Alshikar, Moses, 6 Amos, Michael, 121, 131, 132, 145 Anderson, Benedict, 191 Appleby, R. Scott, 32, 33 Asher ben Jehiel (Rosh), 6, 75 attorneys: divorce, 63–64, 85, 179. See also rabbinic court pleaders autonomous persons, 186 ba’alah, 74 Barak, Aharon, 19, 157–58, 161, 162, 163 Bardugo, David, 131, 132 Basic Laws: of Freedom of Occupation, 19; of Human Dignity and Liberty, 19, 118, 141, 147, 183, 186, 188; and human rights, 18, 19, 20; of the Judiciary, 180; right to privacy in, 171 Beilin, Yossi, 194 Beinisch, Dorit, 3 Ben-Gurion, David, 9–11, 12, 17, 23, 199, 200 Ben Porat, Miriam, 3 Ben-Sasson, Menachem, 15 Berger, Peter, 32 Berkovits, E., 182 Berlin, Isaiah, 23–24, 25, 26, 185 Bet Shmuel, 156 Bible: on divorce, 4–5 bigamy, 31, 53, 154 Biton, Ofra, 126–27, 132–39, 141–42, 146–47 bo’el, 74 Bourdieu, Pierre, 41 Brandeis, Louis D., 171 Brauer, Amir, 135 burden of proof, 176, 178–79 Caro, Joseph, 6, 7 Center for Pluralistic Judaism (Reform Movement), 151, 163, 172 Center for Women’s Justice (CWJ): agunah’s cause championed by, 35; in Allison’s case, 68; in Dalia’s case, 96–97; in damages suits, 16; in Efrat’s case, 157; in Nava’s case, 135, 136, 137, 138, 141, 146–47; rabbinic courts’ discrimination against women opposed by, 167; in Shira’s case, 56; in Tikvah’s case, 114, 117, 118 Cheshin, Mishael, 188, 189 child custody: in Allison’s case, 64, 68; in Efrat’s case, 154, 155; in Nava’s case, 125, 127, 133–34, 137; as price for divorce, 184; rabbinic courts’ jurisdiction over, 12, 14; in Shira’s case, 49, 50, 52; in Tikvah’s case, 105, 106, 108, 110, 111 child support: in Dalia’s case, 83, 88, 89, 95; in Efrat’s case, 154; in Nava’s case, 125, 127, 133, 134; as price for divorce, 184; rabbinic courts’ i n d e x 212 jurisdiction over, 14; in Shira’s case, 49, 50, 52–53, 55; in Tikvah’s case, 105–9, 111–12, 113 chuppah, 43, 46 civil courts: polarization of Israeli courts, 12; get extortion condoned by, 93; women turn to, 12, 63. See also family courts civil divorce: and Benai Noah decision, 162; making it available in Israel, 189–90; nonexistent in Israel, 2, 4, 51; one set of laws for, 190; proposals for, 192–97; Reform women as unaware of its nonexistence in Israel, 61; and “status quo” arrangement, 10; U.S. model for, 197–98 civil marriage: in Cyprus, 28, 39, 53, 149, 150–52; in Efrat’s case, 148–63; get compelled for, 156–57, 159; making it available in Israel, 189–90; nonexistent in Israel, 2, 4; in Prague, 43; proposals for, 192–97; rabbinic authorities who believe a get is not required for, 28, 32; rabbinic courts’ jurisdiction over dissolution of those performed abroad, 22, 148, 149, 154, 161, 162–63; and Shira’s case, 44, 53; and “status quo” arrangement, 10; U.S. model for, 197–98 civil society: Jewishness of Israel supported and respected in, 200; rabbinic courts and operation within, 190–91, 198–99; relocating religion within, 25, 33, 183, 191, 192 cohabitation arrangements, 21, 22, 28, 29, 33, 194 Colon, Yoseph (Maharik), 8, 54, 76, 92, 168, 183, 184 “common law” marriages, 21, 151 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), 18, 19–20, 166 Cyprus, Jewish marriages in, 28, 39, 53, 149, 150–52 CWJ. See Center for Women’s Justice (CWJ) damages: in Dalia’s case, 96–97; family courts award to women, 16, 35, 80, 114, 186; foreign courts’ award of, to women, 27; get received in exchange for dropping tort claims, 138–40, 146–47; in Nava’s case, 122, 123, 135–47, 181; rabbinic courts’ opposition to, 16, 39, 100, 122, 123, 137–38 142–145, 181; in Tikvah’s case, 100, 114, 117 Davidson, Benny, 64 Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel...