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Conversion Bill: Still the subject of concern

Once again, the Rotem Conversion Bill has become a subject of concern. And once again, our colleagues in Israel, led by Rabbi Gilad Kariv and counsel at IRAC, in cooperation with ARZA USA, the Conservative Movement and the Federations of North America, and with the support of Natan Sharansky, Chair of the Jewish Agency, have addressed the issues.

There is a moratorium to which the Government has agreed, to permit a negotiated solution to the problem, now extending until July 2011.…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on January 10, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Knesset Conversion Bills - A context. By Joan Garson

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Our challenges continue with respect to the Conversion Issue in Israel. I will summarize here the current state of affairs. As you all know, MK David Rotem introduced a bill (Rotem I) in July to give authority de jure in Israel on all conversion matters to the Chief Rabbis.

The Reform Movement, in partnership with the Jewish Federations of North America…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on December 16, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

In Israel, A Fight to Make the Wall More Inclusive, By Hillary Brenhouse

Anat Hoffman, chairwoman of the "Women of the Wall" organization holds on to a Torah scroll as Israeli police attempt to take it from her outside the Western Wall in July.

Last month, former Jerusalem city councilor Anat Hoffman, a brightly colored prayer shawl draped about her neck like a scarf, took a stand. Backed by a band of dancing, chanting, clapping women and the mound of stones that is Judaism's…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on August 12, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Reform Jews write to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Conversion Bill

The international Reform community is united in its dismay at the recent events relating to the Conversion Bill. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, and Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly in the United States, have penned a letter in response to the latest news. Their sentiments are supported by the World Union for Progressive Judaism, the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis,… Continue

Added by Arzenu Admin on July 12, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Reform and Conservative Jews fuming ahead of Knesset vote on conversions. By Natasha Mozgovaya and Jonathan Lis, Ha'aretz

The Reform and Conservative movements both in Israel and abroad were up in arms on Sunday, a day before the Knesset plenum was to stage its first vote on a proposal that would grant the chief rabbinate exclusive authority to oversee conversions in Israel.

The bill submitted by the Knesset Law and Justice Committee has already spurred a wave of…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on July 12, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

PM backs dialogue on conversion bill ‘to ensure unity'. By Jonah Mandel

The Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2010. In his first public statement regarding the controversy surrounding Israel Beiteinu’s proposed conversion bill, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday assured the heads of the Masorti (Conservative) and Reform movements in Israel in a written communiqué that “any legislative…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on June 5, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

And (religion and) justice for all? By Peggy Cidor

The observant Jewish Left is a rather new phenomenon in Israel – whether Reform, Conservative or modern Orthodox. The creation of Meimad in 1988 was the first time that modern Orthodox Israelis showed an interest in promoting peace and human rights on a political level.…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on May 28, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments