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Creator:  Agunah, Inc.Save to cart
 Title:  Agunah Inc. response to the Beth Din of America  
 Dates:  1998 
 Call No:  2000.018 
 Abstract:  Agunah Inc., also known as Agunah International, is an organization that provides assistance to women whose husbands refuse to grant them Jewish divorces, causing the women to become agunot (chained women) and unable to remarry according to Jewish law. The collection consists of a pamphlet entitled "Agunah Inc. Replies to the Beth Din of America," written by Susan Aranoff in response to criticism and condemnation of it by the Beth Din of America, an Orthodox rabbinic court serving the Jewish community of North America. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Agunahs | Divorce (Jewish law) | Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish women -- Religious life | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law) 
Creator:  Morais, Henry S., 1860-1935Save to cart
 Title:  Henry S. Morais Papers  
 Dates:  1877-1930 
 Call No:  1975.001 
 Abstract:  The papers of Henry S. Morais (1860-1935) span the years 1877-1930. They cover the life of this journalist/Rabbi in his two major places of residence - Philadelphia, Pa. and New York, N.Y. 
 Size:  1.5 linear feet 
 Subjects:  American Hebrew | Hebrew Standard | Jewish Advance (Chicago, Ill.) | Jewish Exponent | Jewish Forum (New York, N.Y.) | Jewish Messenger | Jewish Women (1892) | Jewish journalists | Jewish sermons, American | Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Menorah (New York, N.Y.) | New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Religious life and customs | Rabbis | Switzerland -- Foreign relations -- Treaties | United States -- Foreign relations -- Treaties