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High Court: State Must Pay for Circumcisions of Non-Orthodox Converts

The justices based their decision on the need for equality and "respect for religious freedom."

Liberman’s MK Threatens Chief Rabbi: Approve Conversion Reform or Else

The chief rabbi's office insists he doesn’t trust the new head of the conversion system, Rabbi Benayahu Brunner from Tzohar, never mind the repercussions.

‘We Will Not Accept Converts Under New Reform,’ Israel’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Warns

“We call on the religious services minister to not heed the uninfluential rabbis, to wake up,” says Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef.

Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi: ‘The Knesset Won’t Decide Who is a Jew’

"We need to distinguish between citizenship and Judaism," says Chief Rabbi David Lau, following much public criticism.

Israel’s High Court is Waging War Against Jewish Identity

Bezalel Smotrich argues that Israel's highest civil court has decided to enter into a field of adjudication where it simply does not belong. 

Convert Your Dog to Judaism

Apparently some dogs are Reform!

Uproar as High Court Recognizes Reform and Conservative Conversions

MK Mai Golan wrote that the court ruling means that “an illegal infiltrator can undergo a reform conversion in 10 minutes and receive Israeli citizenship.”

NFL Husband & His Wife Convert to Judaism – The Tamar Yonah Show [audio]

Why did they do it? The spiritual journey of a former NFL player and his wife as they embark on the road to Judaism.

“I turned my life around.” – The Tamar Yonah Show [audio]

"How I Turned My Life Around" - The story of a man and wife, and why they converted to Judaism and how their lives are now. -with guest, Rabbi Yehonatan Easton, Program Director at Breslev Israel.

Survey Shows Majority of Israelis Object to Considering Diaspora Jews’ Views in Legislation

The survey revealed a strong correlation between the religious standards of respondents and their view on how vital the views of foreign Jews are.

The Tamar Yonah Show – Converting in the Countryside [audio]

Originally from Denmark, she runs a conversion program in a country setting for women seeking to convert to Judaism.

Conversion Prank [video]

Very funny twist at the end of this Islamic conversion prank...

Sorry, Ivanka, Israel’s High Rabbinical Court Doesn’t Recognize Your Conversion

"I feel humiliated, they were actually saying they're not recognizing my being Jewish. I love Rabbi Lookstein, he is my rabbi, he brought me into the Jewish world."

Israeli Rabbinical Court Revisits Verdict on Conversion

The saga of Israeli validation of conversions performed abroad by Orthodox rabbis continues and moves to the next level.

Demonstrators Block Shabbat Mass Conversion Baptism in Rishon L’tzion

"We met six women, two of them Holocaust survivors, who had been brought there by their gentile caretakers, and convinced them not to go inside."

Q & A: Ruth’s Conversion

Question: When did Ruth convert – before or after she married Naomi’s son? Also, what is the earliest reference in Jewish sources to a formal conversion process? Lazar Rozenblat Brooklyn, NY

Innocent Homework or Insidious Conversion Attempt?

School officials in Virginia decided to keep all 10,000 Augusta County students home this past week, following an Islamic school assignment that enraged parents.

Vatican Says ‘Jews Don’t Need Conversion’

The Vatican says Jews don't need to be converted and 'the Church does not question God's love for the chosen people of Israel.'

Troublemakers?

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin of Efrat (R) speaks with Rabbi David Stav. Rabbis Riskin and Stav are part of a group of leading rabbis who...

Bennett and Netanyahu Clash over Rollback of Religious Reforms

Netanyahu falsely accused Bennett of signing a coalition agreement that returns more power to Hareidim.

Rabbi Riskin Hopes the Rabbinate Will Climb Down From Their Tree [audio]

Rabbi Riskin believes the Rabbinate must be prepared to accept Halachic decisions that aren't Ultra-Orthodox.

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin to ‘Stay On No Matter What’ Says Efrat Mayor

Efrat Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin plans appeal to Supreme Court over fight to stay in his position; city's mayor also vows support.

Modified Conversion Bill Goes To Cabinet Instead and Approved

After much political backroom dealing, a highly controversial conversion bill was enacted by Cabinet decision, instead of becoming law through Knesset vote.

Proposed Conversion Bill, Change in Local Rabbinate Power Nixed by Netanyahu

A bill that would end the control of the Chief Rabbinate over conversions to Judaism in Israel was nixed Monday by PM Netanyahu.

RCA: We Don’t Proactively Seek to Reevaluate Past Conversions

The Rabbinical Council of America denied a prominent rabbi’s accusation that it is actively negating past conversions. The Orthodox rabbinic organization issued a statement Friday...

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