Social Media Gets Attention in Jewish Divorce Disputes
Jewish husbands who refuse to finalize a Jewish divorce by not signing divorce papers known as a “get” are finding themselves subject to unwanted public attention. Social media updates, email, Facebook posts, tweets and website comments all are being used to bring pressure on divorce hold-outs, according to a recent Sun-Sentinel article titled “Social media used to pressure Jewish husbands who refuse divorce.”
Without a get, the wife is not able to remarry. The dispute between one now well-known South Florida couple continues to draw media attention. According to one expert:
“The use of Twitter and Facebook to pressure husbands brings get conflicts into an uncharted realm, said Rabbi Joel Roth, a professor of Talmud and Jewish law at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He said only a Jewish judicial court can compel a man to sign the papers; other types of coercion could potentially invalidate a divorce.”
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