The non-Orthodox win
another round in the conversion war
(C) reprinted
with the permission of Haaretz Daily (English)
The Reform and Conservative movements won another round in the
conversion battle when the High Court of Justice ruled on Monday
February 25, that those undergoing non-Orthodox conversions in
Israel must be registered as Jewish on their Israeli identity
cards. The landmark decision was passed by 9 votes to 2.
The Orthodox were outraged, with their spokesmen saying the decision
would divide the Jewish people by creating a situation in which
certain Israelis would be recognized as Jewish by the state, but
not by many of their fellow Israelis, especially for the purposes
of marriage.
The ultra-Orthodox Shas party immediately submitted a bill that
would effectively circumvent the court's decision by requiring
all Israeli onversions to be approved by the Chief Rabbinate.
High
Court: All converts must be called Jews in ID cards (21/2/02)
Commentary
Recognizing
Reform conversions (22/02/02)
Jewry's
demographic balance sheet (20/02/02)
Analysis
Shas
gears up to put the brakes on conversion ruling (21/2/02 )
Conscription,
conversion and the courts (20/02/02)
Background
Supreme
Court to rule today on major religion-and-state issues 20/02/02)
Court
decision reignites 'who is a Jew' issue (20/02/02)
Most
of the immigrants don't want to convert 21/02/02)
Reform
reformer (24/01/02)
A
seal of approval for intermarriage? (20/12/01)
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