The National Center for Jewish Film: Boston Premiere of Women Unchained

Q & A with Director Beverly Siegel and Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann, Director of Beth Din of America. Moderated by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute

BOSTON PREMIERE
This important documentary explores the experiences of agunot, women whose husbands refuse to grant them a Jewish divorce. Women Unchained exposes "get-o-nomics" extortion schemes and the connection between get abuse and domestic violence. Narrated by actress Mayim Bialik (Blossom, The Big Bang Theory) and featuring an original score by guitarist C Lanzbom, lead singer of Soul Farm, Women Unchained offers strategies for what women can do to protect themselves.
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Co-Presented by: HBI (Hadassah-Brandeis Institute) Project on Gender, Culture, Religion, and the Law; Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University; the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA).