Batsheva Schwartzberg

My Orthodox Jewish parents divorced when I was 5 years old. My father gave my mother her gett immediately, zero hesitation. Custody and child support were negotiated in the regular court system. A gett is not a bargaining chip.

This week, Frum Instagram hit rock bottom. I was trying to ignore it, but how can I stay silent in the face of such a blatant Chillul Hashem. Flatbush Girl has encouraged Frum/Orthodox Jewish women to post revealing parts of their body ("showing erva") as a form of protest or pressure tactic to help a woman who's husband is refusing to give her a get (Jewish divorce). Let's recall her previous controversy: the mikvah strike—urging frum wives to withhold sex on Mikvah night until the community pressures the get refuser. Rabbi Hershel Schachter at the time, called it "terribly destructive" and morally wrong. What would he say about this?! This is utterly grotesque, morally bankrupt, and spiritually catastrophic. Marital intimacy is holy. Tznius is not some optional costume to be discarded when it suits the latest Instagram crusade. Anyone who promotes such filth under the banner of agunah advocacy is not a heroine — she is a stumbling block before the blind on a communal scale. It should go without saying that this is not activism — it is a disgrace to the Torah and a profound betrayal of everything we stand for.