Bklyn Man Arrested for Severely Abusing Current Wife & Children

The quiet and close knit Sephardic Jewish community in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn was rocked to the core on Thursday afternoon, when it was learned that that a man who had adamantly refused to give his wife a Get (bill of Jewish divorce) for 17 years was arrested. In Jewish law, a woman who does not receive a Get is considered an Agunah (a chained woman) and she is not permitted to get remarried and carry on with her life.