by Susan Weiss and Rivkah Lubitch
Rivkah Lubitch and Susan Weiss take you behind the closed doors of Israeli Rabbinic Courts to reveal the real stories of women seeking justice under religious law in Israel. Justice Unbound is made possible by the generous support of the Gimprich Family Foundation.
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July 15, 2025
<div>After 15 episodes behind the closed doors of Israel's rabbinic courts, we step back to reflect. In this final chapter of Justice Unbound, Rivkah revisits the stories, legal battles, and feminist resistance that shaped the series. From agunot and mamzerut to chalitza and civil justice, she discusses what has changed, what hasn't, and what still must be done to secure true equality for Jewish women in Israel. A look back — and a call forward.</div> <div> </div> <div id="m_8865499107094000966Signature"> <div>Justice Unbound is made possible by the generous support of the Gimprich Family Foundation. </div> </div>
July 2, 2025
<div>Can civil courts succeed where religious courts have failed? Rivkah Lubitch interviews Susan Weiss, founder of the Center for Women's Justice, about a bold legal strategy she pioneered in Israel: suing recalcitrant husbands for damages in civil court when they refuse to grant their wives a get. With personal stories, legal insight, and hard-won victories, Susan reveals how her feminist legal strategy has shifted the power dynamic between women, men, and religious authority in Israel—and why the solution to get refusal may never come from within the system.<br /> <br /> Justice Unbound is made possible by the generous support of the Gimprich Family Foundation. </div> <div> </div> <div>Mentioned in this episode:</div> <div> </div> <div>(2019) Susan Weiss, "How to Make a Tort of Marital Capitivity, the Israeli Experience," in Marital Captivity, Divorce, Religion, and Human Rights, Susan Rutten, Benedicta Deogratias, and Pauline Kruiniger, eds. (Eleven, international publishing) pp. 283-308.</div> <div> </div> <div>(2012) Susan Weiss "From Religious 'Right' to Civil 'Wrong': Using Israeli Tort Law to Unravel the Knots of Gender, Equality and Jewish Divorce," in Gender, Religion, and Family Law: Theorizing Conflicts Between Women's Rights and Cultural Traditions, Lisa Fisbayn and Sylvia Neil, ed., (Brandeis University Press: Waltham, Mass) pp. 119-136.</div> <div> </div> <div>(2011) "The Tort of Get Abuse: How damage litigation has changed the course of family law in Israel," Susan Weiss with Elana Maryles Sztokman, with funding generously provided by The Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. <a id= "m_451732727554876807LPlnk246165" title= "https://bit.ly/TortGetAbuse" href="https://bit.ly/TortGetAbuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bit.ly/TortGetAbuse&source=gmail&ust=1751443599352000&usg=AOvVaw2qJBoYTMX5n0W0DzMbaz2a">https://bit.ly/TortGetAbuse</a></div> <div> </div> <div>(2009) Susan Weiss "The Tort of Get Refusal: Why Tort and Why Not?," IDEAS, Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, Conversations: Orthodoxy: Family and Gender Issues, Autumn 2009; pp. 83-90.</div>
May 26, 2025
<div>In this follow-up episode, Rivkah unpacks the legal system that enforces mamzerut in Israel—how laws and state policies conspire to erase biological fathers, deny children their rights, and deepen the pain of already vulnerable families. Through real stories, she exposes the hidden costs of preserving religious fictions at the expense of justice.</div> <div> </div> <div>Justice Unbound is made possible by the generous support of the Gimprich Family Foundation. </div> <div> </div> <div>Mentioned in this episode:</div> <div>Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, "'That which is crooked cannot be made straight': Mamzerim in the Israeli Legal System" in Mamzerim: Labeled and Erased, edited by Emily D. Bilski and Nurit Jacobs-Yinon</div>
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Rivkah Lubitch and Susan Weiss take you behind the closed doors of Israeli Rabbinic Courts to reveal the real stories of women seeking justice under religious law in Israel.
Justice Unbound is made possible by the generous support of the Gimprich Family Foundation.
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