tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post6782292126780077533..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: Advertisements for lost husbands; agunos helping themselves through the pages of the Hebrew newspaper HamaggidMississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-84210374270775098452012-08-20T11:39:31.207-04:002012-08-20T11:39:31.207-04:00An interesting difference I see between then and n...An interesting difference I see between then and now is that the people writing these letters to the editor didn't do so anonymously. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290303579908527375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-85863882265437061862012-08-16T20:42:45.939-04:002012-08-16T20:42:45.939-04:00http://rygb.blogspot.com/2012/08/chodesh-lshana-ov...http://rygb.blogspot.com/2012/08/chodesh-lshana-overviewreview.htmlNews Tipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-9443652888386024102012-08-16T13:34:59.891-04:002012-08-16T13:34:59.891-04:00I'm glad you are posting this. The Agunah prob...I'm glad you are posting this. The Agunah problem was far worse back then than it is now. Before the era of communications, husbands would just "fall off the planet" and leave their wives without ever being held accountable, nowadays there is much more community pressure and accountability. There still exists the problem, but on a much smaller scale. Plus we are forgetting that non religious jews have "solved" the problem by eliminating it altogether. <br /><br />If one is really truthful and honest, the agunah issue in the 21st century is really a small fraction of the problem it was 200 years ago.iranoreply@blogger.com