Agunot Women who cannot remarry; usually because their husbands' refusal to give them a get (divorce), or there is no way to verify whether or not their husbands are dead, or because their husbands are incompetent to give a divorce (i.e., mentally ill). BTMarital status RTDivorce RTHalakhah RTWomen
Augustus, emperor The first Roman emperor, 63 BCE-14 CE, reigned 27 BCE-14 CE BTBiographies RTAncient period RTRoman Empire UF Augustus Octavianus UF Caesar Augustus UF Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus UF Gaius Octavius UF Octavian
Austro-Hungary Multi-national empire in Central Europe under the rule of the Habsburg dynasty from 1273 until 1918; from 1867 known as Austro-Hungary. Its nucleus was Austria and it included at different times countries with considerable Jewish populations (Bohemia and Moravia, and Hungary from 1526), parts of Italy between 1713 and 1866. With the annexation of Galicia (1772) and Bukovina (1775) it became the state with the largest Jewish population in Europe. BTEurope, Central RTAustria RTBukovina (region) RTCzechia RTGalicia (region) RTHungary RTMedieval period RTModern period UF Habsburg Empire
