The Kiryas Joel murder conspiracy was the planned kidnapping and murder of Joseph Masri, a Hasidic resident of the village of Kiryas Joel, New York in a troubled marriage who had refused to give his w
Kiryas Joel, New York in 2006
The main synagogue in Kiryas Joel
Woodbury Commons promenade
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A get, ghet, or gett is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple. The term is also used to refer to the divorce itself. The get is a 12-line document writ
Kiryas Joel murder conspiracy
…and murder of Joseph Masri, a Hasidic resident of the village of Kiryas Joel, New York in a troubled marriage who had refused to give his wife a get, a Jewish divorce document. The plot was hatched during the summer of 2016 by Shimen Liebowitz, a divorce mediator from Kiryas Joel, Aharon Goldberg…
Le Get (The Divorce), painting by Moshe Rynecki, c. 1930.
Postcard illustrating a divorce procedure, Jewish Museum of Switzerland
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