Mitchell Ginsburg, With Reporting by Jta


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Court’s Conversion Ruling Satisfies Few

By Mitchell Ginsburg, With Reporting by Jta and Ha’aretz.

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court touched off a wave of cheers and jeers with its 7-to-4 decision last week to recognize a new category of non-Orthodox conversions to Judaism.The March 31 ruling ordered the government to recognize the Jewish status of 17 Israeli residents who had traveled abroad for conversion by Reform orRead More







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