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
Författare
Call number940.5318/0597
Objektnummer11800m
PubliceringsortJerusalem, Israel
UtgivareYad Vashem
Publikationsår
2022
Pagineringpp449-483
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the book 'Entanglements of war' pp449-483
Beskrivning
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