Tag: Conversion
‘Your people will be my people’: A Shavuot shout-out to Ruth’s ‘daughters’
“You shall love the convert for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
— Deuteronomy 10:19
There was a moment some 2,500 years ago when a recently widowed Moabite princess refused to abandon her aging mother-in-law...
Religious pluralism won’t be achieved in the courts
Reactions to this week’s Israeli Supreme Court ruling about recognizing the validity of conversions to Judaism by non-Orthodox denominations are all out of proportion to its actual significance in terms of the number of those affected...
Landmark decision recognizing non-Orthodox conversions performed in Israel sparks fierce debate
Israel’s Supreme Court handed down a bombshell decision on Monday recognizing Reform and Conservative conversions for those seeking to obtain citizenship. The result has caused an uproar in Israel and within the Jewish Diaspora, with some saying it...
Conversion cannot be taken lightly
The dramatic ruling on Monday by Israel’s High Court of Justice, ordering the state to recognize non-Orthodox conversions, evoked natural outrage in the haredi community—for how does the court dare weigh in on a religious tradition?...
Dramatic conversion ruling inflames Israel’s political debate
Israel’s High Court of Justice sparked controversy on Monday with a landmark ruling on non-Orthodox conversion, evoking outrage on the right and accolades from the left.
Right-wing parties panned the decision ordering the state to recognize Reform and...
Israel’s High Court: Reform, Conservative conversions in Israel valid for ‘Law of Return’
The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday issued a bombshell ruling that recognized conversions by the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel, therefore enabling Israeli citizenship under the “Law of Return.”
The 8-1 ruling, which ended...
Bnei Menashe couples from India remarry near Netanya
Eleven Bnei Menashe couples who immigrated to Israel from northeastern India were remarried in a group ceremony at Shavei Israel’s absorption center near Netanya after completing their formal conversion to Judaism by the Chief Rabbinate.
The 11...
‘And your God will be my God’: For one Jewish convert, the wait is...
“I’m so thrilled to be a part of B’nai Israel and to have finally found my place with the Jewish people, after nearly 30 years of asking and searching.”
These are the first words Amy...
Lady Kitty Spencer, Princess Diana’s niece, is reportedly converting to Judaism
Lady Kitty Spencer, the niece of the late Princess Diana of Wales, is converting to Judaism to marry Jewish fashion tycoon Michael Lewis.
It will be the second marriage for Lewis, a South Africa native...
Netanyahu lauds Soviet immigrants, criticizes harsh remarks by chief rabbi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized as “outrageous and inappropriate” recent comments by Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi about immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
According to Ynet, at a rabbinical gathering in Jerusalem last week, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef...