{"product_id":"a-social-history-database-of-east-european-jewish-deserted-wives-1851-1900-9781789761672","title":"A Social History Database of East European Jewish Deserted Wives, 1851-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Haim Sperber\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Database is a companion volume to The Plight of Jewish Deserted Wives, 18511900 (978-1-78976-168-9). It comprises circa 5000 entries, providing name, date and circumstance, with extensive cross-reference to aid future researchers. Agunot (Agunah, sing., meaning anchored in Hebrew) is a Jewish term describing women who cannot remarry because their husband has disappeared. According to Jewish law (Halacha) a woman can get out of the marriage only if the husband releases her by granting a divorce writ (Get), if he dies, or if his whereabouts is not known. Women whose husbands cannot be located, and who have not been granted a Get, are considered Agunot. The Agunah phenomenon was of major concern in East European Jewry and much referred to in Hebrew and Yiddish media and fiction. Most nineteenth-century Agunot cases came from Eastern Europe, where most Jews resided (twentieth-century Agunot were primarily in North America, and will be the subject of a forthcoming book). Seven variations of Agunot have been identified: Deserted wives; women who refused to receive, or were not granted, a Get; widowed women whose brothers-in-law refused to grant them permission to marry someone else (Halitza); women whose husbands remains were not found; improperly or incorrectly written Gets; women whose husbands became mentally ill and were not competent to grant a Get; women refused a Get by husbands who had converted to Christianity or Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46441118662807,"sku":"9781789761672","price":9673.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781789761672.webp?v=1769117632","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-social-history-database-of-east-european-jewish-deserted-wives-1851-1900-9781789761672","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}