"Permitted to Every Man" is a play that presents a personal story with a social statement about the current reality in Israel. Effie, a young woman, struggles for her freedom as she faces opposition to ending her marriage. A powerful play about women denied a religious divorce in Israel.
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“Permitted to Every Man” is a play that not only brings a personal story but also offers a sharp social commentary on contemporary reality in Israel.
This modern Israeli social drama follows Effie, a young woman who decides to end her unhappy marriage to Boaz, a respected high-tech professional. Instead of liberation, she encounters stubborn resistance: a husband who refuses to grant a divorce, unyielding judges, a community that turns its back on her, and even her children, who are drawn to their father.
This is a hard struggle for her freedom and her right to truly be free.
A bold drama that reveals the issue of women denied a divorce in Israel—a reality lived by thousands of women.
A gripping play that connects an intimate personal experience with a public social issue, raising questions about gender, law, community, and personal justice.