Editing Haredi Judaism (section)

=== Divorce ===
In 2016, the divorce rate in Israel was 5% among the Haredi population, compared to the general population rate of 14%.<ref name="shnaton">{{cite web |title=Statistical report of ultra-orthodox society in Israel |url=https://en.idi.org.il/media/4240/shnaton-e_8-9-16_web.pdf |website=The Israel Democracy Institute |access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref>

In 2016, Haaretz claimed that divorces among Haredim are increasing in Israel.<ref name="Haaretz1">{{cite news|last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Aaron |date=31 December 2017 |title=Divorce Is Becoming a New Norm Among ultra-Orthodox in Israel |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2017-12-31/ty-article/.premium/divorce-becoming-new-norm-among-ultra-orthodox-in-israel/0000017f-f63b-d887-a7ff-feff45ae0000 |work=[[Haaretz]] |location=[[Tel Aviv]] |access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref> In 2017, some predominantly Haredi cities reported the highest growth rates in divorce in the Israel, in the context of generally falling rates of divorce,<ref name="Lev2018">{{cite news |last1=Lev |first1=Tzvi |date=3 May 2018 |title=Israeli divorce rate drops |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/245397 |work=[[Arutz Sheva|Israel National News]] |location=[[Beit El]] |access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref> and in 2018, some predominantly Haredi cities reported drops in divorce, in the context of generally rising rates of divorce.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-divorces-in-israel-up-5-in-2018-with-86-increase-in-one-central-town/|title = Jewish divorces in Israel up 5% in 2018, with 86% increase in one town|website = [[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>

When the divorce is linked to one spouse leaving the community, the one who chooses to leave is often [[Shunning|shunned]] from his or her communities and forced to abandon their children, as most courts prefer keeping children in an established status quo.<ref name="Haaretz1" /><ref name="auto">{{cite news|last1=Ruz |first1=Eva |last2=Pritchard |first2=Charlotte |date=6 December 2016 |title=The strictly Orthodox Jewish mothers pressured to give up their children |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-75361d40-67f0-4544-bb29-c9bee5b2251f |work=[[BBC News]] |location=[[London]] |access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite news |last1=Otterman |first1=Sharon |date=25 May 2018 |title=When Living Your Truth Can Mean Losing Your Children |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/nyregion/orthodox-jewish-divorce-custody-ny.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York City]] |access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref>