Redefining Freedom
Examining the Agunah Crisis through the Lens of Coercive Control
May 21, 2025
A one-day conference sponsored by
The International Beit Din and The Gruss Program, NYU School of Law
40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Registration closing May 20!
Conference Program
Schedule 9:00 am – 5:00pm (with light breakfast beforehand)
Time | Event |
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8:15 – 9:00am | Coffee/Light Breakfast |
9:00 – 9:15am | Rabbi Barry Dolinger, Esq., Professor Joseph Weiler – Welcome and Introduction to Conference (CLE Credit Approved) |
Introduction | |
9:15 – 10:00 am | Keynote Address – Israeli Supreme Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez (CLE Credit Approved) |
Law and Religion Under the Status Quo Model: Between Past Compromises and Constant Change | |
Religious Tribunals in Democratic States: Lessons from the Israeli Rabbinical Courts | |
10:00 – 10:30 am | Survivor’s Account: The Horrific Toll of Coercive Control during the Divorce Process |
10:30 – 10:45 am
| Break |
10:45 am – 12:00 pm | Breakout Sessions: |
Breakout 1 – Mental Health and Domestic Violence Professionals.
Jessie Katz, LMSW (moderating), Anna Cable, LCSW, Dr. Barbara Gochberg, Shaindy Urman
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Breakout 2 – Lawyers & Judges (CLE Credit Approved). Daphne Lazar Price (moderating), Dr. Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Jane J. Felton, Esq., Esther Macner, Esq.
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A Distinctly Jewish Form of Domestic Violence | |
The Impact of Criminal Prosecution in Agunah Advocacy | |
State Chart of Coercive Control Statutes
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Domestic Restraining Order in NJ | |
Coercive Control :
Defining Get Abuse in Secular Legal Terms | |
Breakout 3 – Rabbis/Clergy. Dr. Jennifer Hirsch, moderating. Rabbi Zach Truboff, Rabbanit Leah Sarna | |
Material for Clergy Breakout | |
12:00 – 1:00 pm
| Light Lunch |
Expecting More – What Can We Do Better | |
1:15 – 1:35 pm
| A Conversation with the Av Beit Din: Impacts of a Trauma-Informed Approach |
1:35 – 2:00 pm
| Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll, Women’s Voices: Rate My Beit Din, Transparency, and Trends from the Field |
2:00 – 2:30 pm
| Conversation between Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll and Adina Sash: Agunah Activism – Improving Systems |
2:45 – 4:45 pm | Batei Din/Halacha (CLE Credit Approved)
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Coercive Control and Gett Refusal in Jewish Law – Advocacy and Arbitration Strategies | |
4:45 – 5:00 pm | Conclusion/Closing Remarks
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