Movement for Alternative Beit Din Gets an Important Boost

The public drive to create a viable alternative to the rabbinical court system received some significant support this week. Mavoi Satum, in cooperation with Kolech and Neemanei Va'Avodah, received a five-year
commitment from the New Israel Fund to help make this vision into a reality. The implications are enormous, not only for agunot, not only for religious women, not only for the religious public, but also for women and men across all segments of Israeli society. Batya Cahana-Dror, Director of Advocacy at Mavoi Satum, recently published an extensive article on the significance of this topic in Eretz Aheret. Several volunteers from Mavoi Satum translated this important article into English. I am publishing it here for the first time. The future of Israeli society is undoubtedly at stake: [You can also read this post on the Kolech English Blog, Jewish Women's Voice]