agunot

Despite the overall success of the operation and the destruction of 12 other bridges, the disaster was massive. Although the bridge exploded, many fighters fell. The blast was so large that most of the bodies could not be located or identified.

For most of his life, Rabbi Yehuda Gordon has chased after get refusers whose wives fled to Israel. He infiltrated dangerous places worldwide, dealt with notorious mobsters, and faced KGB agents. In an interview, he shares: "I saw death in the face but was never afraid."

The devastating disappearance of the submarine on its maiden voyage shocked the nation, leaving the wives of the missing as agunot. How were they eventually freed to remarry? Read on.