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Justice Unbound: Women, Religion and the State of Israel

Justice Unbound: Women, Religion and the State of Israel

By: Susan Weiss and Rivkah Lubitch
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 Rivkah Lubitch and Susan Weiss take you behind the closed doors of Israeli Rabbinic Courts to reveal the real stories of women seeking justice under religious law in Israel. Justice Unbound is made possible by the generous support of the Gimprich Family Foundation.©2024 Judaism Social Sciences Spirituality
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  • (14) Mamzerim, Part 2

    (14) Mamzerim, Part 2
    May 26 2025
    In this follow-up episode, Rivkah unpacks the legal system that enforces mamzerut in Israel—how laws and state policies conspire to erase biological fathers, deny children their rights, and deepen the pain of already vulnerable families. Through real stories, she exposes the hidden costs of preserving religious fictions at the expense of justice. Justice Unbound is made possible by the generous support of the Gimprich Family Foundation. Mentioned in this episode: Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, “‘That which is crooked cannot be made straight’: Mamzerim in the Israeli Legal System” in Mamzerim: Labeled and Erased, edited by Emily D. Bilski and Nurit Jacobs-Yinon
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    20 mins
  • (13) Mamzerim, Part 1

    (13) Mamzerim, Part 1
    May 11 2025
    Through a powerful story, Rivkah unpacks the painful and often hidden issue of mamzerut—a halachic status branding children as illegitimate and barring them from marrying within the Jewish community. Rivkah outlines the religious and social roots of this stigmatizing label, its devastating impact on families, and its dangerous entanglement with Israel’s divorce system. This is the first of a two-part series on one of Judaism’s most painful and morally fraught challenges. Justice Unbound is made possible by the generous support of the Gimprich Family Foundation. Mentioned in this episode: Mamzerim, Labeled and Erased, edited by Emily D. Bilski and Nurit Jacobs-Yinon. A catalog of articles and pictures of an art exhibition at the Third Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art, 2017.
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    22 mins
  • (12) The Blacklist

    (12) The Blacklist
    Apr 27 2025
    Rivkah takes us deep into the shadows of Israel’s marriage system to explore the “blacklist”—a secret registry maintained by the Chief Rabbinate that tracks thousands of people prohibited from legally marrying in Israel. From accusations of adultery to the status of mamzerim, we explore who gets listed, how, and why it’s nearly impossible to clear one’s name. Behind closed doors, a quiet bureaucracy decides who may love—and who loses a fundamental right. Justice Unbound is made possible by the generous support of the Gimprich Family Foundation.
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    15 mins

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