Posts Tagged: Israel conversion laws
High Court Ends Orthodox Monopoly on Conversion for Adoption
JNS.org - After a 20-year legal battle, the High Court of Justice on Sunday ended a practice whereby non-Jewish children adopted in Israel have to...
Amalek: A Warning to Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
The Jews’ most formidable enemy in Biblical times was the nation of Amalek. Amalek was, and symbolically still is, the personification of evil, brutality, racism...
Setting the Record Straight on Israel and Orthodox Judaism
JNS.org - The recent op-ed by Yair Sheleg, “Israel’s battle for peace between religion and state,” is troublesome in several ways. While he portrays himself as a dispassionate...
Ivanka Trump Chose to Be Jewish; Attacking Her Orthodox Rabbi Is a Disgrace
The one thing we’re not supposed to do in Judaism is make a convert feel like a convert. A convert to Judaism is as Jewish...
New Organization Helps Ukrainian Jews Make Smooth Aliyah to Israel
KIEV - Since last year, there has been a 35% increase in the number of immigrants who have made aliyah to Israel -- and one of the largest...
