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Mavoi Satum is delighted to announce the opening of a branch in northern Israel, centered in Haifa.

About Us

One out of every seven Jewish women in Israel is at risk of becoming inextricably stuck in an unwanted marriage. Thousands of women, mesoravot get, are living through this nightmare, neither married nor divorced, stuck for years or even decades in a state of limbo, prevented from leaving their unwanted marriages and unable to build new lives for themselves. Mavoi Satum, a not-for-profit organization established in 1995, takes a unique approach to helping mesoravot get by helping individual women while advocating for broader reform.

Poll

I support civil marriage in Israel:

	For all citizens of Israel
	Only for those who don't have any religion
	For those without religion and for those who are not supposed to get married, such as a Cohen and a divorcee, etc
	Not for anyone

Film Festival on "Women and Religion"

Film Festival on "Women and Religion"

Discussion "Who's Afraid of civil marriage?". Moderated by Attorney Batya Kahana Dror with Rabbi Michael Melchior , Rabbi Yoel Bin- Nun, Prof. Rachel Elior, Attorney Gitit Nahliel, and The Knesset Member,Tzipi Hotovely

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Supper Quiz

THANK YOU to all those who participated in this year's Supper Quiz.

To download the rankings of the teams in Israel, click here.

Rankings of teams outside of Israel will be available from 21 Feb.

To download the Supper Quiz:

Click here for Israel and Click here for USA

Get News: A pregnant agunah

A mesorevet get, who has been living apart from her husband for seven years, arrived at the Beit Din Hagadol with a large belly, in her eighth month of pregnancy. She met an immigrant several years after her separation, and has been living with him for five years.....

MS Precedent: Parents of Recalcitrant Husband Accountable

In a precedent-setting ruling, the Jerusalem Family Court determined that grandparents are obligated to pay child support payments to their grandchildren in lieu of their son, a recalcitrant husband, whom they are supporting. The lawsuit was filed by advocate and religious pleader Gitit Nachliel of Mavoi Satum, The Organization for Women Denied Divorce. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a young mother of two whose husband abandoned her during her second pregnancy and fled Israel, leaving her to fend for the children entirely on her own, and making her an "agunah", or chained woman.

Precedent: The Father Disappeared; The Grandparents will Pay Child Support
By Shmuel Mittelman, NRG 25/10/2009, 4:18 PM
Translated by Elana Sztokman
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART1/958/110.html