spotlight » Unchained Dayton-area woman receives Jewish divorce after 8 years. Marshall Weiss | Dayton Jewish Observer Dayton, Ohio A fter more than eight years of waiting, Adina Porat finally received her get — a Jewish bill of divorce — in a ceremony with the Israeli Rabbinate in Jerusalem on Jan. 7. Kettering, Ohio, resident Dovid Porat, known locally by the name Eli Shur, signed the get on Dec. 30, two months after the New York-based Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) launched an unprecedented social media campaign and held a rally near Shur’s home to pressure him to give the get. More than 80 demonstrators — primarily from Orthodox communities across Ohio and Michigan — showed up for the Nov. 8 rally near Shur’s home in Kettering. Rabbi Yechiel Morris of Young Israel of Southfield brought 17 protesters. Shur and his wife taught at Akiva Hebrew Day School in Southfield in the late 1990s, Morris said. “I spoke to the congregation about this last Shabbos,” Morris said, “about how emo- tions and feelings can cloud our thoughts or decisions. The goal is not to harm or hurt anyone, but to do the right thing. We are extremely grateful that [Adina finally got her get]. “I also spoke of another lesson, about the impact we can make when we are proactive, when we actually do something and take the intitiative — and can see some change in the end. Those who went to Ohio have said they are grateful, in a short period of time, for the impact they could make.” Agunah, Hebrew for chained, refers to a woman in the Orthodox world whose husband refuses to provide her with a get, a religious bill of divorce. Within Orthodox Halachah (Jewish law), a divorce isn’t final About 80 protesters, including 17 from Metro Detroit, rallied Nov. 8, 2015, in Ketter ing, Ohio, to pressure a husband to give his wife a get, or Jewish divorce. until a husband provides his wife with a get. Without one, an agunah is unable to remarry. Though ORA stages rallies and social media campaigns when behind-the-scenes negotiations don’t convince husbands to sign a get, ORA Executive Director Rabbi Jeremy Stern says this is the first time ORA produced a video about the predicament of an agunah as part of its strategy. “The video went viral on Facebook and YouTube, followed up by the rally and all the publicity of the rally — all of that pres- sure led to the issuance of the get,” says Stern, who adds the video was viewed more than 68,000 times. “Her [Porat’s] attorney in Israel has been involved in working out a final settlement where we took down the video and pulled the website, and we’ve promised not to rally against him,” Stern says. “And, of course, we put in the get that we dropped all claims, one against the other, and the get was issued through the Chicago Rabbinical Council.” Stern says the Chicago Rabbinical Council then sent the get to the Israeli Rabbinate via UPS, which received the document in Jerusalem on Jan. 6. According to ORA, Shur and Porat were married in Israel in 1990. He left her and their children in 2007 and refused to pro- vide her with a get. He departed Israel for the United States a year later, arriving in Dayton in 2010. The Israeli Rabbinate ruled in 2009 that Shur was required to give his wife a get. Stern says the Porat agunah case is the 253rd ORA has resolved since its founding in 2002. * Michelle Tedford contributed to this story. JN classifi eds work harder for you! call 35 VACATION RENTALS Delray Beach 1 bdr condo rental at Seagate/Hamlet. Avail. starting February. Monthly only. 586-484-1849. 95 95 TRANSPORTATION NORMAN. Airport or other transportation. Reliable. 248-737-8847, 248-408-7660. 135 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TRANSPORTATION 1 AAA BEST DRIVER Reasonable Rates/Airport $50 EXPERT PIANO TUNING & REPAIR. Over 40 yrs exp. 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