

After they were married, they moved to an ultra-orthodox community in New Jersey where they both had family members living. Reiss had been introduced to him through a matchmaker. When she was just 19, she entered into an arranged marriage with a 22-year-old man who was a stranger to her.

I couldn’t have my own money, have a driver’s licence, go to school – I was trapped for 15 years.”įraidy Reiss, a 45-year-old mother of two daughters who lives in New Jersey, grew up in an insular, ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York. He flew into rages and controlled every aspect of my life. “A week after we got married, my husband became violent.
