About Us

What began as a Social Media sensation has turned into a group of motivated individuals who cannot and will not stand to sit back and allow the abuse of Gett-Refusal to occur.

Each member of The LEV Organization works as a 100% Volunteer. We as a Jewish Nation must always be united, look out for each other and if one Jewish person is hurting, we are all hurting. This form of abuse was news to many of our team members as we could not imagine that something like this has been going on in today’s world.

Gett-Refusal is not a Women’s rights issue or Men’s rights issue, it is a Human rights issue.

The LEV Organization seeks to inspire change by working with our community, religious leaders, legal minds, and political advocates to end the domestic abuse of Gett-Refusal and bring about both legal and social systematic change within the Jewish community to ensure that Gett-Refusal is not tolerated and ceases to exist. We hope to eradicate this so that future generations will never need to know what Gett-Refusal is. The Gett should not be something that is ever used as leverage or ever withheld from a man or woman that wants to be released from a marriage. If divorce is inevitable, the goal should be separation through peace, dignity, and respect.

Testimonials

The public movement definitely made me feel heard and made me realize that I am not the only woman going through this horrible experience. The support The LEV Organization gives, strengthens women and puts them in a healthy mindset to help themselves and their children.

- A Former Agunah

My Ex Husband knew that I was no longer alone and I had a Community behind me who refused to tolerate his abuse. The mounting pressure from The LEV Organization Team helped me tremendously because my Ex Husband was worried he would be exposed. The forming of a Community Movement broke the stigma and embarrassment of Women enduring this plight by creating awareness and empathy on a subject most could not previously conceptualize. The movement helped unite individuals who were suffering alone in silence and helped create a network where they could also get support from each other.

- A Former Agunah

Thanks almost solely to public support and efforts of people like the members of The LEV Organization, I received my Gett this past year, after many years of waiting. The coercive measures I was subjected to during the Gett proceedings and the years prior were horrifying. The fact that my freedom was being used as leverage against me is despicable. The fact that I had to wait many years to receive my freedom from a dead marriage is shameful. The LEV Organization is not only an indication of Achdut (unity) and Ahavat Chinam (free love), but is absolutely necessary and essential to the Jewish community at large. This Organization is giving a voice to marginalized women who have been shoved to the shadows of their Community for far too long. I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that without The LEV Organization and the community support I would not be a free woman today.

- A Former Agunah

The LEV Organization Team

  • Steven Ashkenazie

    President

  • Sean Dweck

    Vice President

  • Aliza Salem

    Director of Case Management

  • Elana Dweck

    Secretary/Director of Case Management

  • Albert Salem

    Treasurer