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Learn what the issues are: read artciles and information about the agunah issue on this website by clicking here
Let others know that you are concerned about the agunah issue, and help create a groundswell in your community to advocate for halakhic solutions
Support the RCA recommendation to make a Jewish pre-nuptial agreement a requirement for every marriage, use one yourself and encourage young adults in your community to do the same
Help agunot make informed decisions by identifying batei din that are respectful of women and above suspicion of bias or conflict of interest
Offer to accompany a divorcing woman to the beit din
Be supportive of agunot in your community: invite them and their children to your Shabbat and Yom Tov table
Encourage men from all branches of Judaism, when divorcing, to give a get
Speak to rabbis, sisterhoods, men's clubs and other organizations in your community to ensure that synagogues and communal institutions do not welcome recalcitrant spouses
Organize and participate in demonstrations against recalcitrant husbands. Numbers count
Ensure that your children's high schools have classes that educate them about meaningful and respectful relationships, problem solving, and open communication between spouses and in families
Offer financial support to organizations that work to help agunot
Volunteer your professional skills and talents in fields such as law, social work, journalism and public relations to organizations that help agunot
Encourage family/matrimonial lawyers in your community to become informed about Jewish divorce issues and to eliminate the get issue from divorce negotiations
Ask your Rabbi to:- Make a Jewish pre-nuptial agreement a requirement for every marriage at which he officiates
- Be proactive in obtaining the get immediately after determining that reconciliation is not possible
- Educate the community about the laws and process of gittin
- Use the pulpit to promote healthy family relationships and condemn abuse
- Withhold synagogue and communal honors from recalcitrant husbands
- Include a prayer for agunot in the Shabbat service
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