On Thursday, Ohr Torah Stone, a Modern Orthodox network of institutions working to create the next generation of Jewish leaders, held its third annual “Women Moving Mountains” or “Eshet Hamidbar” hike of 300 women to show support for agunot, women trapped unwillingly in their marriages by Jewish law.
Thousands of agunot live in Israel and around the world, waiting to be freed from their marriages. Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La'isha: The Monica Dennis Goldberg Legal Aid Center for women, is the largest support center for agunot, providing them with representation in both rabbinical and legal courts, hiring private investigators to look for missing husbands, and providing social workers for the women and their children.
