Husband Seeks To Enjoin Picketers Protesting His Refusal To Sign a "Get"

Law.com today reports on a motion filed in a Palm Beach, Florida, Circuit Court court by Dr. David Abisror seeking a temporary injunction to keep pickets from the Boca Raton Synagogue away from his office building. The pickets are trying to force Abisror to grant his wife a Jewish divorce. While the couple obtained a civil divorce ten years ago, Abisror's refusal to sign a "get" prevents his wife from remarrying in accordance with Orthodox Jewish law in Israel where she now lives. In seeking the injunction, Abisror claims that the picketers have engaged in libelous and slanderous speech, interfered with his business relationships and created a public safety hazard. Attorneys for the picketers say that their activities are protected by the First Amendment.