Rabbi Mendel Epstein, left, arrives for his trial at federal court in Trenton, N.J., on Feb. 18, 2015. A year later, Epstein and two other rabbis — Jay Goldstein and Binyamin Stimler — were convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapping. The Orthodox Jewish law governing divorce and the get is strict. “He effectively prevents a religious wife from ever remarrying under Jewish Law. They also argued that by entering into an Orthodox Jewish marriage, the victims here — husbands — essentially consented to the use of force outlined in Jewish law.

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2017 09:40 UTC