Halachic discourse crosses borders. A network of rabbinical courts for Holocaust agunot
TitelThe Halachic discourse crosses borders. A network of rabbinical courts for Holocaust agunot
Forfatter
Call number940.5318/0597
Objektnummer11800m
UdgivelsesstedJerusalem, Israel
UdgiverYad Vashem
Udgivelsesår
2022
Pagineringpp449-483
MaterialeArticle
NoterArticle from the book 'Entanglements of war' pp449-483
Beskrivelse
The problem of the agunah, a woman who cannot remarry until proof of the death of her husband is found, have engaged rabbis, in particular in times of mass displacement and persecution. Shows that the rabbinical courts formed in the wake of the Holocaust faced unique challenges, and developed solutions to ease the problem