Rabbonim in the community asked that we share this letter,
and support this worthy cause
Free Sarah Vanounou, A Long Suffering Agunah
Sarah Vanounou, a young mother living in Los Angeles, is still chained in a marriage that for all intents and purposes ended many years ago. Her husband, Moshe Vanounou refuses to give her a Get despite large financial offers from generous members of our community and even Sarah’s. She needs funds to cover thousands of dollars of attorney’s costs that have accumulated as a result of his litigiousness and use of the court systems in a manner not sanctioned by Halacha or even falling within the realm of fairness and reasonableness. In fact, in some decisions the judge has not refrained from expressing his negative reaction to some of the statements made by her husband. For example, in one decision the judge stated that his “testimony has generally deteriorated from “contradictions and inconsistencies” to outright falsehoods and deception”.
Our community must help defray these costs, protest and offer prayers for her plight. He refused to go to a legitimate Bais Din and initiated numerous frivolous, false court proceedings costing over $200,000. in attorney fees. We urge you to join in the efforts to free her. Her husband, aided and abetted by some members of his family, is treating his wife in ways we as a community cannot tolerate. These behaviors are well outside the pale of family disputes and must be condemned as an affront to our values and the morals of Klal Yisrael.
Rabbi Berish Goldenberg
Rabbi Boruch Yehuda Gradon
Rabbi Moshe Kesselman
Rabbi Yaakov Krause
Rabbi Nechemia Langer
Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar
Rabbi Avraham Levychaim
Rabbi Yehuda Moses
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
Rabbi Dovid Revah
Rabbi Jonathan Rosenberg
Rabbi Michael Segankohanim
Rabbi Avrohom Stulberger
Rabbi Yitzchok Summers
Rabbi Kalman Topp
Rabbi Shlomo Yisraeli
Rabbi David Zargari