The Living Lchaim Network recently platformed Raphael Stein—a man under a Seruv from the Beis Din of America who has refused to give Adeena Kohn a Get for over four years. Their apology failed to acknowledge that Stein is a Get refuser, and lacked a clear understanding and acknowledgment of where they erred.

This is not a nuanced discussion about perspectives on divorce or separation.

This is about a woman being held hostage in a dead marriage.

Taking the episode down is not enough.

We call on you to use your platform to help fix this:

 • Call on Raphael Stein to give Adeena a Get immediately and unconditionally

 • Acknowledge and share the existing Seruv

 • Mobilize your audience to support efforts to free Adeena — by sharing her fundraiser and increasing public pressure

• Stress that it is never OK to normalize, equivocate, or excuse Get refusal, that withholding a Get should never be used as a bargaining chip in divorce proceedings, and that lashon hara is not applicable when there is a Seruv from beis din - in fact it is a mitzvah to publicize this fact and pressure him to appear before beis din. 

Until you take meaningful action, we will not be listening to any of your podcasts or supporting the Living L’Chaim network in any way.

Free Adeena.