Couple divorces over vaccine conflict

• Published date: 27 September 2021
• Author: MAARIV ONLINE
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

For one couple in the north of Israel who had been married for more than 25 years, the vaccine issue came up and caused a serious conflict between the husband and wife.

While the husband was unemployed for months because he was on halat (unpaid leave) and has not gone back to work, the wife continued her job.

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Lately, the wife's refusal to vaccinate has torn apart the family, and the foremost victims are the children, who have found themselves in the middle of the conflict between their parents.

The lawyer representing the husband has heard all about the family drama that has become a common phenomenon in many homes and places of work lately - anti-vaxxers.

So what do you do when the family's income is affected, especially when it only comes from one paycheck?

"My wife's employers instructed everyone who isn't getting vaccinated to continue working from home, but my wife cut her income in half," said the husband.

He added that her salary alone will not be enough for them because he has not been called back to work as a chef.

"I would just get over it if she wasn't vaccinated because of a reason that makes sense, but everything [she says] sounds ridiculous and filled with conspiracy to me," he said.

The wife...