Murder is the Ultimate Outcome of Domestic Violence
The Rackman Center participated in an emergency discussion in the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of Women’s Status about the alarming rise in
June 9, 2025
The Rackman Center participated in an emergency discussion in the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of Women’s Status about the alarming rise in
The Rackman Center welcomes Adv. Shelly Blatt Zak as our new CEO. Shelly joins the Rackman Center after a 20-year legal career in the
The Rackman Center has launched two support groups for women going through divorce proceedings, creating a successful collaboration between the Rackman Center and Bar-Ilan University’s
MK Simcha Rothman is leading a revolution in Israel’s child support laws by empowering a religious committee instead of civil reformer experts. In a discussion
“It’s obvious today that family law must go beyond marriage and divorce law, to include international and immigration law”, said Professor Daphna Hacker, speaking at
Divorce Following Relocation to a Foreign Country: Legal Perspectives Recent events in Israel and worldwide have driven many families to relocate overseas temporarily or
The Rackman Center, in collaboration with The Department of Criminology at Bar-Ilan University, opens a group for women who are in complex divorce proceedings and separation from an unhealthy relationship The group will provide you with emotional support and a safe space for personal development, a place of “togetherness”, for
We are pleased that the bills for the electronic supervision of a person against whom a protection order has been issued (by MK Yurai Lahav-Herzno and by MK Aida Toma-Suleiman) have won government support in the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs and welcome their approval in a preliminary reading by
The Law and its Decisor (Hadin Ve’haDayan) is an exclusive and unique publication of The Rackman Center that regularly publishes rabbinical judgments on family issues. Judgments are presented in full or in summary, and they focus on the area of divorce and related issues. In exceptional cases, judgments of civil
In preparation for the new school year, we held, at The Rackman Center, an orientation day for students of the Clinic for Legal Aid for Women in Family Matters, students in psychotherapy and coaching and for group facilitators who accompany and support women who are in separation and divorce proceedings.
On Sept. 1, 2021, the Rackman Center and Bar Ilan University had the privilege of dedicating our new office space – The Aaron & Marie Blackman Hall – in the presence of representatives from the Aaron & Marie Blackman Foundation. We were honored to be addressed by Ms. Liz Landers,
The significance of yesterday’s decision of the Israeli Supreme Court composed of an unusual panel of nine Justices in a rare rehearing procedure initiated by the Rackman Center cannot be overestimated. The Court concluded that a woman’s right to half of the family’s home is a substantive proprietary right, regardless