As I look back on the thought-provoking and insightful journey that was Season 1 of the “Jewish Divorce Talk” podcast, I am struck by the depth and breadth of the conversations we’ve had. As your host, I had the privilege of...more
In what has been touted as a monumental victory for Agunot in New Jersey, yesterday, the Appellate Division released a decision stating that a video publicizing a husband’s Get refusal is protected by First Amendment...more
Thanks to an introduction by my corporate partner, Gabriel Herman, I recently had the pleasure of interviewing a special friend and client of Fox Rothschild, Aleeza Ben Shalom, of the Netflix series Jewish Matchmaking, for...more
My recent blog post, Appellate Division Rules That A Court Cannot Compel Arbitration on Get Issue Absent Agreement, discussed the constraints faced by secular courts in the context of Get refusal. The article identified the...more
Duress has long been considered by New Jersey courts as a cognizable defense where the provision of a Get – defined as a Jewish ecclesiastical divorce – is conditioned upon a party’s capitulation to contract terms....more