What about the men?

They don’t want their wives back. It’s been years since they lived together. But the husbands won’t grant a religious divorce. Why stay married to someone you despise? What motivates gett refusers? We hear from the men.

In This Episode

• Arguments from men who say refusing a gett is ok.
• Results from an International Beit Din study looking at how many of our clients experience abuse during their marriage.
• Rabbinical rulings on when husbands should give the gett.
• What we hear when we talk to gett-refusing husbands.

Key Moments

• [00:01:25] Meet the most famous advocate for gett refusal: Meir Kin
• [00:05:07] Meet Nathan Gettisberg
• [00:06:44] Is there a “right” to remain married in Jewish Law?
• [00:12:33] What Jewish Law says about conditioning a gett
• [00:12:54] The ruling of Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin
• [00:14:55] Rabbi Barry Dolinger talks to gett refusers.

See the full transcript of our interview with Nathan Gettisberg at https://www.internationalbeitdin.org/gettingfree/ Learn more, access resources, and read the full transcript at https://www.internationalbeitdin.org/gettingfree/. If you or someone you know is being denied a gett, confidential support is available at https://www.internationalbeitdin.org/get-help/