New York Rabbi Mendel Epstein Goes on Trial For Running a Divorce Racket Involving Kidnappings and Cattle Prods

Jewish gets –divorce decrees that, after a marriage fails, can only be provided by the husband –have been the subject of much controversy and even violent crimefor years. A woman cannot get remarried under Jewishlaw unless she can produce a get. But after a marriage goes bad, husbands often withhold the prizeddocumentout of spite; or they use it as a bargaining chip in child-custody or alimony disputes. To spur them into compliance, a little extrajudicial persuasion (read: violence, or the th...