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Things You Should Know - Jewish Divorce & Beit Din - with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

The Franciska Show

Release Date: 03/04/2025

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Navigating Jewish Divorce:
In this episode of The Franciska Show, Franciska recaps a recent concert and discusses upcoming events. The main segment features Sarna, sharing insights on Jewish divorce and the Agunah crisis. Sarna details her upbringing in the Orthodox community, her work with the homeless in New Haven, and her academic journey at Yale. She explains the historical context of the Agunah crisis, the role of Batei Din, and her organization's innovative approaches to resolving Jewish divorces. They also discuss coercive control in abusive relationships and the importance of choosing the right Batei Din for divorce proceedings. Sarna emphasizes the need for community support for women in abusive marriages and outlines scenarios where her organization can intervene to prevent get extortion and facilitate fair divorces.
 
00:00 Introduction and Concert Recap 
00:59 Guest Introduction: Sarna's Background
03:19 Discussing Jewish Divorce and Agona Crisis
06:36 Ideal Divorce Process and Challenges
10:09 Choosing the Right Bait Din
16:18 International Perspectives and Collaboration
18:40 Identifying and Addressing Get Extortion 
22:39 Choosing the Right Beit Din
22:50 Halacha and Gender Dynamics in Divorce
23:59 Historical Context of the Agunah Crisis
26:56 Coercive Control in Marriages
30:56 Financial Implications of Divorce 
32:52 Challenges in Leaving Abusive Relationships
35:45 Strategies for Securing a Get
38:03 Supporting Friends in Troubled Marriages
39:53 Community's Role Post-Get
41:08 Final Thoughts and Reflections
 
About Our Guest:
 
Rabbanit Leah Sarna is the Director of Public Education and Media for the International Beit Din and the Spiritual Leader of Kehillat Sha’arei Orah in Lower Merion, PA. An award-winning Jewish educator, she has taught Torah in Orthodox and Jewish communal settings around the world, and she particularly loves empowering women of all ages to feel ownership over the most complex areas of the Torah library. Her written works can be found in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Lehrhaus and the Jewish Review of Books, and she is currently writing a book of Torah and Halacha relating to pregnancy, birth and the beginning of life. Leah has extensive advanced higher Jewish education and holds a BA in Philosophy & Psychology from Yale University.
 
 
 
Equitable Division of Assets: https://bethdin.org/equitable-distribution-and-the-enforceability-of-choice-of-law-clauses-in-beit-din/  (they don't name who exactly they are writing this against)  and the attached on how equitable distribution of assets works in Israel. 
 
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