“After more than two decades of living “chained”to her husband, a woman identifying as Tamar was granted a divorce this week, a more bitter than sweet end to one of the more drawn-out cases of divorce-refusal in Israel, according to the organization that represented her through much of her legal proceedings.
“There is great joy mixed with great pain for the years that Tamar lost in which she could have developed new relationships, brought more children into the world and — mainly — been free,” said Orit Lahav, the CEO of the organization Mavoi Satum, meaning “dead end” in Hebrew, which represents Tamar and other women denied a divorce.”
