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Ministry ordered to reveal qualifications of state-funded local rabbis
ITIM organization asks High Court to bar draft evaders from Rabbinate exam benefits
Israel’s new death penalty law sparks outcry from liberal Jewish groups
Ministry publishes list of mikvaot with shelters nearly two weeks into war, following ITIM appeal
High Court freezes Tel Aviv chief rabbi election, citing flawed consultation process
Coalition advances bill mandating mezuzahs, allowing Orthodox rituals in public spaces
Coalition transfers $25 million to Religious Services Ministry, despite cross-government cuts to fund war
Knesset panel approves NIS 80 million budget transfer for religious councils
Amid war, fight begins to keep religious ritual bath houses open
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Israel’s chief rabbis leave their posts as term ends with no election set
New bill on funding religious councils raises concerns over revival of Rabbis Bill
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Public mikvehs routinely violate women’s right to immerse alone, study finds
Israel internship opens U.S. students’ eyes to mixing of halacha, civil law in the Jewish state
Critics say Israeli judicial reform would end checks on Orthodox Jewish establishment
Religious services minister quietly tries to fix broken municipal rabbi system
Ukrainians welcomed in Israel with kittens and paperwork
Baltimore native ends hunger strike for Israeli citizenship
War of words breaks out over start of Kashrut reform in Israel: MK calls Haredim ‘racist and ignorant’
‘Refuseniks’ Finally Get to Make Aliyah to Israel, Decades After First Trying
These Refuseniks Say They’re Still Being Denied Aliyah – This Time by Israel
Israeli Officials Defer to Rabbinate When Considering Converts’ Aliyah Requests
Two-thirds of mikvaot don’t have operating license
Revealed: Rabbinate making Israelis undergo Jewish DNA test before being allowed to marry
Israel Mandates Stillbirth Removal Within 72 Hours
Israel Rejects Citizenship Bid of African-American Convert Married to Israeli Woman
Fewer Israelis Marrying Through Rabbinate, Report Shows
CAN ISRAEL BE A JEWISH STATE?
Why most new immigrants to Israel aren’t considered Jewish
Majority of 2018’s immigrants are not legally Jewish
More than half of Israel’s immigrants in 2018 not recognized as Jews
Rabbinate publishes list of recognized Diaspora courts
European rabbis to no longer recognize private Israeli conversions
THOUSANDS OF CONVERTS IN DIASPORA FACE NON-RECOGNITION BY CHIEF RABBINATE
After years-long legal battle, Rabbinate names approved non-Israeli rabbis
After years-long legal battle, Rabbinate names approved non-Israeli rabbis
Here are the Orthodox rabbis Israel trusts to perform conversions
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate ‘Cements Monopoly Over Conversions’ After Deal With European Orthodox Rabbis
European deal will cement Israeli rabbis’ ‘monopoly’ over conversion, say critics
Bill to bypass Chief Rabbinate for marriages
CONVERSION AUTHORITY HEAD RESIGNS IN PROTEST OVER ‘WRONGING OF CONVERTS’
GRAPEVINE: AWARD FOR DEFENDER OF JEWISH IDENTITY
INTERIOR MINISTRY ‘UN-JEWING’ CITIZENS IN INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS
COURT ORDERS INTERIOR MINISTRY TO REGISTER PRIVATE ORTHODOX CONVERT AS JEW
Government to recognize private conversion
In first, Israeli judge recognizes conversion to Judaism by private court
The Chief Rabbinate: Fix It or Ditch It? An Interview with Rabbi Seth Farber
Opinion Orthodox vs. Orthodox: Inside One of the Fiercest Battles Raging in the Jewish World
CHIEF RABBINATE COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPECTED TO RETAIN SEATS IN UPCOMING VOTE
FIRST WOMAN EVER APPOINTED AS LEGAL ADVISOR TO RABBINICAL COURTS
Woman named judicial assistant to an Israeli rabbinic court
WNYC hosts Israeli rabbi who is optimistic about new nation-state law
The little-known story of the law that can put Israeli rabbis behind bars
INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CALLS FOR REGULATING BRIDAL GUIDANCE PROGRAMS
INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE AS RABBI GRILLED FOR OFFICIATING MASORTI WEDDINGS
Israeli police question Conservative rabbi for performing a marriage
Rabbis Weiss and Angel’s accusations against the Chief Rabbinate
Meretz MK Wants Increased Supervision Of Israel’s Mohalim After Infant Contracts Herpes
The number of people deemed not Jewish enough to marry in Israel has doubled over 7 years
Rabbinate said to double its rejections of wedding applicants’ Jewishness
New Rules By Chief Rabbinate Could Disrupt U.S. Conversions, Divorces
Israel’s Conversion Laws Are About To Get Stricter
Diaspora rabbinical judges could have to take exams to get Chief Rabbinate’s OK
Rabbinic Official Appears To Blacklist YCT Alumni
Knesset Committee Debates Troubled Conversion Policy, Banning of Venice Chief Rabbi
Rabbinate official appears to blacklist alumni of liberal Orthodox yeshiva
LEAKED LETTER: CHIEF RABBINATE BLACKLISTED DOZENS OF U.S. ORTHODOX RABBIS
Israel’s Rabbinate Rejects Authority Of Certain U.S. Orthodox Rabbis, Letter Shows
Fresh Anxiety Over New Conversion Bill
The Conversion Episode
RABBINICAL COURT JUDGES TO GET FEMALE LEGAL ADVISERS
NEW REGULATIONS SEE PARENTS ENQUIRE ABOUT BURIAL PLACE OF DECEASED BABIES
INTERIOR MINISTRY DEFIES COURT ON CONVERSIONS
Outcry after Chief Rabbinate bars women from exam on Jewish laws
Chief Rabbinate refuses women to take test on female laws
WOULD-BE CONVERTS MUST MARRY OR LEAVE PARTNERS, KNESSET COMMITTEE TOLD
COURT: NO NEED TO SIGN WAIVER WHEN USING RITUAL BATH WITHOUT ATTENDANT
Canadian Orthodox rabbi rips into Chief Rabbinate for ‘blacklisting’ him
Pressed by court, religious council drops waiver for using mikveh alone
Doomed At Birth
Chief Rabbinate Seen Close To Finalizing List Of ‘Kosher’ Rabbis
Rabbinate stalls on recognizing Orthodox diaspora rabbis
COMMITTEE FOR THE RECOGNITION OF RABBIS FROM ABROAD MET ONLY ONCE IN 2 YEARS
Justice League, Israeli-style: Orthodox groups team up with unlikely ally to right wrongs
Netanyahu’s New Coalition Whip Is No Fan of Progressive U.S. Jews
Conversion in Israel Where are we heading
LOCAL RABBINATE CHECKING ‘JEWISHNESS’ OF RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, KNESSET HEARS
Taking on the Israeli rabbinate
Israeli rabbinical courts expanding blacklists of immigrants with Jewish heritage
NGO SUES JERUSALEM RABBINATE OVER MIKVA IMMERSION WITHOUT ATTENDANT
Rabbinate expanding marriage blacklists for ‘questionable’ Jewish immigrants
RABBINICAL COURTS RAPIDLY ADDING NAMES TO MARRIAGE BLACKLISTS
Hardline Israeli rabbis use tough checks on Jewish identity to block marriages
Rabbinic Blacklist in Israel Growing
Rabbinate clarifies: There is no ‘black list’
CHIEF RABBINATE INVESTIGATES DIASPORA RABBIS’ ‘COMMITMENT TO JEWISH LAW’
The truth behind the blacklist
Chief rabbinate says rabbi list is not blacklist
Who Is A Rabbi? Israeli ‘Blacklist’ Includes All Streams
Chief rabbi apologizes to ‘blacklisted’ head of Nefesh B’Nefesh
CANADIAN ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE PROTESTS CHIEF RABBINATE ‘BLACKLIST’ TO QUEBEC CONSUL GENERAL
Here is the Chief Rabbinate’s ‘blacklist’ of American rabbis
Israeli Chief Rabbinate Blacklists 160 Diaspora Rabbis
Liberman slams Haredi-backed conversion bill, vows to veto it
SHARANSKY URGES NETANYAHU TO BLOCK HAREDI CONVERSION LEGISLATION
Bill would reject all conversions in Israel but those performed by Chief Rabbinate
HAREDI PARTIES ATTEMPT TO DRAMATICALLY ALTER ISRAEL CONVERSION LAW
Local Rabbinates Overcharged NIS 5m a Year For Mikve Use
Privacy Concerns Cited As Israel Plans Int’l Database For Marriages
Israel international marriage database denounced as dangerous to future of Jewish people
A new era in Jewish history
Does Israel Discriminate Against non-Orthodox Converts When Approving Immigration?
Does Israel recognize Ivanka Trump as Jewish? It does now
Citing intermarriage threat, Israeli rabbis ‘blacklist’ families deemed not Jewish
Trump to Ivanka’s rabbi: You’re doing good work
Disabled accessible ritual baths few and far between
Citing intermarriage threat, Israeli rabbis ‘blacklist’ families deemed not Jewish
Is Ivanka Trump Jewish? In Israel, she has a trump card
Is Ivanka Trump really Jewish?
Is Ivanka Trump Jewish? In Israel, she has a trump card
At Knesset Diaspora committee meeting, US Jews work to convince the convinced
MKs are utterly ignorant about Reform Judaism, says Sharansky
Sharansky defends Netanyahu over Western Wall Imbroglio
The Rabbinate’s new conversion criteria committee? Same-old, same-old, but now it’s official
Trump ‘concerned’ after Israel questioned Ivanka’s conversion
Rabbinate forms conversion vetting panel, raising hackles anew
Israel’s chief rabbis form panel to set standards for recognizing foreign converts
Committee set up to determine criteria for recognition of rabbis
Holy Coincidence? Chief Rabbis Step Up As Ivanka Takes Stage
Chief Rabbinate to List Rabbis Approved for Conversions Abroad
Israel Rabbinical Authorities Promise Clarity in Conversions Abroad
Ivanka Trump is Jewish after all says chief rabbinate
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate promises standards for conversion rabbis and to count Ivanka Trump as Jewish
Meet the soft-spoken US-born rabbi challenging Israel’s religious establishment
RCA must stand behind the conversions performed by its members
Israeli women may now immerse in ritual baths unsupervised
Women can now immerse without mikve attendant
Rabbinate to allow women to enter the Mikvah without attendant
Women may immerse in mikvah without attendant under new Israeli regulation
Israeli rabbinate disqualifies Orthodox converts
Domestic Partnerships in Israel Expanding
The complex, secret path to becoming an Orthodox Jew
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Supreme Rabbinical Court judges cast doubt on Lookstein conversions
Rejecting Rabbi Lookstein, who converted Ivanka Trump, ‘delegitimizes’ Israel, says Sharansky at protest
Israeli Rabbinate accused of ‘slapping converts in the face’
Protesters slam Rabbinate for rejecting conversion of prominent US Jewish rabbi
Protest Scheduled Against ‘Extremism In The Rabbinate’ In Yerushalayim
Natan Sharansky joins protest against rabbinical court decision rejecting conversion
Israeli rabbinical court questions authority of US rabbi who converted Ivanka Trump
All I want is to have a Jewish family, says US convert rejected by Israeli rabbinate
Edelstein, Herzog call on Chief Rabbis to accept Lookstein convert
The Lookstein Lockout
Reactions On The Rabbinical Court Denial Of Rabbi Lookstein’s Conversions
Rabbi who converted Ivanka Trump slams Israeli rabbinate’s ‘cruel’ rejection of US convert
In Israel, Ivanka Trump may not be considered Jewish
Activists warmly welcome right for women to immerse in mikva alone
Israeli Chief Rabbinate rejects conversion by respected Orthodox NY rabbi
Israeli Women to Be Allowed to Bathe in Mikvehs Without an Attendant
Who Is a Jew? Maybe Not Woman Converted by Esteemed New York Rabbi
In about-face, rabbinate says attendant not mandatory in ritual bath
Rabbinate to allow mikveh immersion without attendant
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Agrees To Mikvah Immersion Without Attendant
Chief Rabbinate: Good Bye, Mikvah Lady
The conversion conundrum
In Ottoman holdover, Israel doubles down on marriage restrictions
Senior liberal rabbis call on Liberman to stand by promises on conversion
Israeli rabbinate’s list of ‘acceptable’ rabbis includes 2 ‘disgraced’ in US, and 2 dead
Terminally ill man allowed to convert after years of struggle
National Religious women want equality in domestic roles and career opportunities study finds
Israeli conversion ruling dents Chief Rabbinate’s control of ritual
State must recognize private Orthodox conversions, court says
High Court strikes another blow against chief rabbinate monopoly on religious life
Israeli Supreme Court rules state must accept non-Rabbinate Orthodox conv
Ben-Dahan calls for abolition of controversial govt conversion committee
Tzohar law to be implemented 2.5 years after approval by Knesset
At Israel’s mikvehs, women claim verbal abuse, unwanted touching
What happens when two Jews means two different peoplehoods?
Dispute at Knesset Committee over Conversion Figures
Defying court, rabbinate fails to deliver list of ‘acceptable’ Diaspora rabbis
Saving the State’s Jewishness
Giving mikvehs to rabbinate will affect more than just Reform Jews
Bill to remove criminal sanctions for conducting private marriages
Rabbinate ordered to make public its list of ‘acceptable’ Diaspora rabbis
Birthright, Masa Participants May Soon Automatically Receive Six-month Work Visas
Birthright, Masa participants to be given six month visas in order to allow extended stays
Will Orthodox Israelis’ revolt against the chief rabbinate spur a domino effect?
Woman removed from mikve premises by police after demanding to immerse alone
Which Diaspora rabbis does the Rabbinate trust? It depends on this guy
NGOs sue local religious councils for over-charging for mikvah usage
NGO petitions for info from rabbinate about Jewish-status-decision criteria
In Israel, A New Battle Over Who Qualifies As Jewish
Chief rabbinate rejection of US conversion ‘casts shadow over American Orthodox institutions’
An elusive journey
Liberman vows to help alternative conversion courts
Some Israelis hope to be recognized as Jews through alternative courts
Alternative conversion courts give some Israelis hope they will be recognized as Jews
Private Conversions Causing Stir
The waters of rebellion
New private conversion courts established in challenge to chief rabbinate
Petition filed to grant women autonomy and choice when immersing in mikva
Israeli NGO asks Supreme Court to protect women’s rights at mikvah
Though she may be jailed, observant woman won’t enter rabbinate court for divorce
Government strikes down conversions reform
What would Maimonides do, as Supreme Court untangles conversion knots
Rabbi Riskin’s term extended after Rabbinate had thrown doubt on his continued tenure
Jewish Agency to create conversion courts
New burial advisory service set for launch
Knesset Committee calls for implementation of Tzohar Law within two months
Fighting the Rabbinic Establishment to Preserve Jewish Unity
Jerusalem Post – 50 members of one family required to convert after 1960s conversion not recognized
US and Israeli Jews learn how to purify the dead
If Israel toughens its conversion laws, a nail in the coffin of ties with Diaspora Jews?
Four Religious Issues in Particular To be Central in Next Coalition
Religious Services Group Seeks Right To Refuse Mikva Attendant At Public Mikvaot
Religious councils lose case for charging extra for ‘attractive’ marriage license
NBN Announces Bonei Zion Prize Recipients for 2015
How the Rare Ritual of Halitzah is Practiced Today
NGO Calls For Regulation of Arcane Ceremony
NGO calls for regulation of arcane Jewish ceremony
Religious advocacy group asks Chief Rabbinate to regulate ‘spitting’ rite
Nefesh B’Nefesh Announces ‘Bonei Zion’ Prize for 2015
Six immigrants to Israel awarded Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize
Anglo Immigrants Honored by Nefesh B’Nefesh For Contribution to Modern Zionism
Chief Rabbinate ‘blatantly disregarding law’ for opening marriage registration zones
Efraim Halevy accuses chief rabbis of torpedoing conversion reforms
Advocacy group: Municipal conversion courts still awaiting Chief Rabbinate approval
Conversion Law Implementation Delayed
High Court of Justice Says Rabbinical Court Can Annul Conversions Retroactively
NGO: City Religious Councils Skirt Law Abolishing Marriage Registraition districts
Local Religious Councils Circumventing Law Abolishing Marriage Registration Districts NGO Finds
Cabinet Refuses to Amend 2-year Prison Penalty for Weddings Not Conducted by Rabbinate
Bill to eliminate prison term for rabbis who perform private weddings
Attacking Israel’s Conversion Crisis
Cabinet approves controversial Jewish conversion law making system more accessible
Conversion Reform To Be Decided By Government Order
Jewish conversion law scheduled to be brought before government
Conversion Bill Fight Keeps Coalition Crisis Alive
Converts to Judaism in Petah Tikva Refused Marriage Registration
Chief Rabbinate in new dispute with Diaspora rabbinical authorities
Religious Services ministry demands local rabbinates approve pre-nups
Rabbinical court puts up obstacles for religious mother seeking to convert her adopted son
How To Build A Rate-A-Rabbi App
ITIM creates app to monitor fulfillment of unified marriage registration zones
Chief rabbis try to circumvent Ben-Dahan on appointment of Chief Rabbinate director
NGO sues Religious Services Ministry over ‘illegal’ marriage registration charges
Stymied by Israeli bureaucracy, Ukrainian has been making aliyah for three years
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate: Give up acting or we’ll deny your conversion
Conversion bill fight opens fissure in coalition
Knesset committee must vote again on conversion bill it backed
Hatnua in deal with coalition partners to advance conversion reform bill
Conversion reform bill advances in Knesset
Orthodox couples opt for illegal halachic weddings
Interior Ministry forced to ban discrimination against converts moving to Israel
Deal between RCA and Chief Rabbinate to be signed next week
Jewish enough for a free trip to Israel, but not to stay on
Israeli rabbinate agrees to accept confirmation letters from Modern Orthodox U.S. rabbi
Chief Rabbinate rejects credentials of second US rabbi
Avi Weiss is not alone: Israeli rabbinate disqualifies another U.S. rabbi
Time to stand up to the Rabbinate
Meet the Israeli bureaucrat who decides who can marry in the Jewish state
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate questions ‘commitment’ of leading U.S. Modern Orthodox rabbi to Jewish law
Chief Rabbinate says Orthodox rabbis abroad appointed ‘without any criteria
Ministry of Religious Services considering firing Chief Rabbi of Rishon LeTzion
Israeli rabbinate cracks down on mikveh tyrants
Israeli rabbinate bans intrusive questioning by mikveh staff
Chief Rabbinate instructs mikve attendants not to force inspections
Israeli Chief Rabbinate issues restrictions on mikvah attendants
Yesh Atid MK proposes law to prevent mikve guides interrogating women
European, American Orthodox rabbis stand up for Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
Knesset to debate the Chief Rabbinate’s policy on Diaspora rabbis
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate denies listing acceptable Diaspora rabbis
So you think you are Jewish enough for an Israeli wedding? Prove it
Knesset passes marriage reform bill, in blow to chief rabbis
Deputy Religious Services minister to seek ban of independent Orthodox marriages and conversions
Time for U.S. rabbis to fight back
Fresh skirmish in ‘Who Is A Jew’ wars
High Court to decide if it will hear petition over recognition
ITIM to court: Accept Orthodox conversions
Convert Snub By Israel Fuels Fresh Anger
Court: Rishon rabbi must explain referrals to private firm
Shas agrees to pull controversial campaign ad
Shas pulls campaign ad denigrating conversions
Politicians slam Shas election ad as racist
Rabbinates refuse women’s marital status testimony
Court targets corruption within religious councils
Rabbi heads organization that bridges gap between secular and religious Israelis
Tel Aviv hosts English-language conversion course
Reform, Restore, or Rescind: What to do with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel
The court and the ‘mikve’
The challenge: To marry in the rabbinate
MK seeks to annul ‘same religion’ adoption law
Dozens of African migrants denied request to convert to Judaism
Group slams Conversion Authority for ‘closed door’
Remembering Ruth
Orthodox conversions in Israel down dramatically, study shows
New Bulgarian conversion course offering a pathway to ‘official’ Judaism
Want to get married? You just have to click
Aliya criteria of Orthodox converts comes under fire
Preventing civil war: closing the religious rift
For some, the road to Judaism leads through the court of last resort
Court ruling on foreign converts still not implemented
Conversions ‘stuck’ following Rabbi Druckman’s retirement
Parents kept from funerals of stillborns
Druckman’s legacy
Livni: Women’s right to eulogize must be enforced
Israel ministry rules women are permitted to eulogize at funerals
Man suing ministry over claim he can’t immigrate because of false conversion
Orthodox convert from US ordered to leave Israel
Israel Interior Ministry still letting Chief Rabbinate decide ‘who is a Jew’
Orthodox converts’ aliyah requests rejected, group charges
Conversion authority is inefficent, cumbersome
Orthodox Convert Nixed On Aliyah, Despite Deal
Israelis, Resentful Of Orthodox Grip On Society, Fight Back
Israel pulls ads wooing expats after Jewish criticism
Without the rabbinate, I’ll have a Jewish burial
Without the rabbinate, I’ll convert to Judaism
Tel Aviv rabbinate changes rule that restricted city weddings
Is the Interior Ministry undergoing a sea change?
In shift, ‘refusenik’ Orthodox converts granted ID cards
In Israel, A SolutionTo Conversion Woes?
JAFI to decide on Orthodox conversions for aliya
Englewood rabbi takes helm of Orthodox rabbinic group
Interior Ministry sued over Orthodox conversion recognition
Israeli group files lawsuit on behalf of Orthodox converts
At last, a new deal on mechanism for converts to marry
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate agrees to recognize all conversions
The amazing case of Louis Shapiro
American rabbi hopes new guidelines will change Rabbinate’s stance on conversions
Rabbi’s task: helping Jews prove they’re Jews
North American immigrants lead in Israel’s nonprofit sector
Who’s an (Orthodox) oleh?
Amar: Foreign Orthodox rabbis convert for bribes
Rabbi Amar failing to protect converts, says army official
The Human Spirit: Conversion without tears
Jewish Agency offers solution to conversion problem
North American rabbis protest conversion policy
Sharansky: More converts should be able to immigrate
North American rabbis demand Yishai ‘rectify injustice’
Modern Orthodox Canadian convert denied right to make aliyah by Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi
Who Is A Jew Crisis Moves Into Immigration Sphere
Interior Ministry gets tough on int’l Orthodox conversions
Love the convert
Ovadia Yosef declares military conversions kosher
Ed – We need an answer
Holding the cards for army conversions
Conversion bill passes first hurdle
When Rabbis Give Israel A Black Eye
Israeli Jews at odds with liberal US brethren
Rabbis to bypass recalcitrant marriage registrars
Israel proposes separate marriage registry for state-sponsored converts
Chief Rabbinate acknowledges validity of IDF conversions
Army converts are latest to be dragged into Israel’s conversion wars
Chief Rabbinate to probe IDF, civilian conversion
The extremists vs. the moderates
Military conversions are halachically valid, says Amar
Committee gives state deadline to clarify IDF conversion stance
State Prosecution to court: IDF conversions are invalid
My petition against the Chief Rabbinate
Rabbinate to debate conversion solution
Charedi Rebel
Your People, My People
Rabbinate’s new Jewish ID demands stymieing marriage plans, immigrants say
How To Fix a Broken System – The Conversion Conflict
Fresh Anger From Diaspora Over Bill On Conversions
Outstanding bar and bat mitzva sermons get award at Knesset
New marriage license guidelines
Report reveals stagnation in country’s conversion mechanisms
Rabbinate torn between state, halacha
When A Kosher Conversion Isn’t Enough
Converts petition over rabbis’ refusal to register marriage
Editorial: Free us from the rabbinate
Golani soldier gets Jewish burial despite incomplete conversion
Petitioners: Recognize state-approved conversions
What’s Wrong With Israel’s Proposed Conversion Bill
A precedent for discrimination
New bill would make conversion insufficient for Israeli citizenship
Rabbi Farber blames inaccessible system for fall in conversions
Jewish in Tel Aviv, Gentile in Ashkelon
Analysis: Is this not persecution of the weak and defenceless?
Religious advocates decry rabbinate statement calling conversions reversible
Israeli Life: Certifiably Jewish
Advocate of Strict Conversions in Sexual Scandal
New York ‘tight conversions’ rabbi resigns
My battle for the will run as long as there us discrimination
Haredi leaders question conversion policy of Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi
Chief rabbi: Israeli conversion certificates valid for marriage
Threat of suit pressures Rabbinate to reopen conversion annulment issue
Rabbis may be punished over converts
Converts’ marriage still unrecognized
Conversion with confusion
Convert’s marriage retroactively nixed
New rules have Diaspora converts waiting on Israel
Chief Rabbinate: New regulation doesn’t complicate conversion
Courts to shift Right after Knesset vote
Conversions down 20 percent in 2009
Funeral rights
Rabbis Searching For Common Ground
Beyond Tolerance
Interior Ministry: Beit Din confirmation of US convert not enough
Interior Ministry Beit-Din confirmation of US convert not enough
Signs of a system ‘in chaos’
From Jerusalem to Jakarta: A globalized ‘get’
Trying to get your day in (rabbinical) court
Jewish Agency resolutions ire liberals, conservatives
When Harold met Bryna…
Orthodox, but not Jewish enough for aliya
You May Need Jewish Life Cycle Counseling: An Interview with Rabbi Shaul Farber
Rabbi decries ban on non-Orthodox mikva immersion
Cost of dying is on the rise
Fed up with the Chief Rabbinate, Orthodox rabbis try an end run
UJC calls for Olmert
Conversion Confusion, Even After A Deal
Standardize marriage process
A Leap of Faith into Adulthood
Conversions Nullification (Extract)
Jewish Court Questions Conversions
Israeli court revokes 15-year-old conversion, sparking uproar
Amar calms converts after decision
Spiritual Impasse
Yehezkel: Converts Need Not Stay Orthodox
Conversion court packed with new haredi judges
How do you prove you’re a Jew?
Religion For the Secular / Adam. S. Ferziger
Interior Ministry disregards Court Ruling on Conversion
Pardes community mourns loss of beloved alumnus
State to investigate red tape in Conversion Authority
ITIM Sues Interior Ministry in Supreme Court
Campaign against govt’s anti-aliyah decision
New Aliyah Hurdles for Converts
Interior Min. charged with barring convert’s from aliyah
New citizenship rules hard on converts
Ministry wants to head conversion body
Would be convert faces deportation
Waiting to go home
Liberals, Russians boo civil-marriage deal
Knesset lobby calls for revamped conversion apparatus
MKs bash Interior Ministry for violating court ruling on pop-over conversions
A woman’s touch
On Again, Off Again conversion agreement
Getting married: Israel becoming a popular wedding destination
Helping diaspora couples to tie the knot in Israel
When becoming a Jew depends on knowing the right bureaucrat
More diaspora Jews choose to hold ‘destination weddings’ in Israel
Torn Between the Land and State
Match Made in India
For many FSU immigrants, Judaism also provides a way to be Israeli
ITIM and the New Immigrant
Snubbed by Zion
Israel’s Rabbis Reject Orthodox Conversions
First Conversion, Now Divorce
Stop obstructing converts
Rabbinate No Longer Recognizes Overseas Conversions
What’s Behind New Conversion Standard?
Chief Rabbinate Barring Conversions From Top U.S. Orthodox Rabbis
Graves on the Black Market
Immigrants who convert here liable to lose benefits
Redemption of Ukranian teenager, grandfather brings tears to the heart
Getting to the Huppa on Time
You’re Jewish? Prove It
The unbearable hardness of becoming a Jew
Mikve closures delay conversions
A Woman doesn’t eulogize a woman
Overseas Rabbis face difficulty marrying local couples
Paz-Pines: Ministry procedures don’t deter cobverts
The Conversion Mess
Orthodox Mount Fight on Conversion Ruling
A catholic convert’s exodus
New rules complicate marriage process for Olim
Not Jewish enough to marry a Cohen
The road to conversion is still too bumpy
Leading rabbi calls immigrants’ proofs of Jewishness unreliable
Marylander caught In Israeli conversion Snafu
Converts wait for certificates in rabbinical power struggle
Obscure rabbinic ruling brings ashes to rest in Holy Land
Interior Ministry deems foreign converts not ‘Jewish enough
Happily ever after, no thanks to the rabbinate
Convert asks, ‘Why is it so difficult
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