• Title:
• Sentenced To Marriage

• Director:
• Anat Zuria

• Hebrew with English subtitles

• Israel, 65 min

• Venue:
• Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater

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In Israel, where there is no legal separation of synagogue and state, the process of obtaining a divorce (a “get”) is managed by rabbinical courts enforcing religious law. In contested divorces this can place women in the unbelievable position of being unable to obtain a divorce, even as their husbands live and have children with other women and refuse to pay their wives child support. The perverse plight of these shunned wives (known as “Agunot”) is fought by a dedicated group of religious women—Orthodox rabbinical advocates—who help them negotiate the complex maze of hearings and filings. From the controversial filmmaker of Purity (WJFF 2002) comes a shocking exposé that challenges the ethics of a religious legal system that tolerates such abuses, while watching women struggle for freedom and fight for their rights for a future.

Co-sponsored by the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance and the Embassy of Israel and the J’s Washington Jewish Women’s Project.

Post Screening Discussion: “Agunot and Activism: How to Respond?”

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