Man stuck in bureaucratic limbo in Israel despite full Orthodox conversion
Hanoch Shlomo made aliyah to Israel mere weeks after the outbreak of the Ukraine war, having converted five years prior. ...
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'Knesset conversion reform no less than spiritual disaster'
After finding himself in the eye of a number of public storms, Chief Rabbi David Lau fires back, and explains ...
Chief rabbi to take over conversion system
Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau informs the civil service commissioner that he intends to personally oversee all conversion procedures in ...
Religious politicians up in arms over draft conversion reform bill
Draft of bill by Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana appears to revoke the authority of the Chief Rabbinate to approve ...
Chief rabbi goes for 'nuclear option,' warns he won't approve new conversions
In harsh letter to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Rabbi David Lau takes a stance against the government's proposed conversion reforms ...
'Conversion reforms target very soul of the Jewish people'
Orthodox MKs oppose Religious Service Minister Matan Kahana's proposed framework to the process, claiming it would lead to mass assimilation.
Leading Haredi rabbis lambast government for 'destroying kashrut, conversion'
Ultra-Orthodox leaders Chaim Kanievsky and Gershon Edelstein to issue scathing letter criticizing lawmakers for reforms they claim would undermine Judaism.
The next storm: Religious services minister preparing conversion reform
Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana has held a series of consultations in recent days in preparation for drafting what will ...
Israeli dollar store mistakenly sells New Testaments instead of Psalms
Anti-missionary group Yad L'Achim contacts Max Stock management after receiving complaints that books labeled Psalms were actually English versions of ...
United Torah Judaism MK accused of 'humiliating Jews'
Haredi MK Yitzhak Pindrus calls female soldiers who convert during their IDF service "shiksas," drawing fire from politicians.