Rivky sits down with Kayla Haber-Goldstein, an agunah advocate who found herself running the Vaad Linyanei Agunot. She shares how the vaad came to be, Rabbi Ulman’s criteria for a Rabbi to join The Vaad, the types of abuse they encounter, and The Vaad’s policy on ransoms. Plus we discuss annulments.

Kayla Haber-Goldstein is the wife of Rabbi Shmuel Goldstein and mom to Shira and Eitan. Professionally, she is an interior designer. During the journey of writing her book, Questioning the Answers, she opened @questioningtheanswers to create a safe space to ask and answer questions on Judaism. She ha since become a Rebbetzin of a Shul and founded QTA- events and retreats for women looking for something deeper in their relationship with Hashem. She later became a Kallah teacher, as well as a study partner for the amazing women she met on Instagram or on a speaking tour She is also an advocate for Agunot and her work can be found over at @the.vaad.

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