AJC Mideast Briefing: Understanding the Latest Conversion Crisis

This is the clearest account I've read of the current Israeli conversion bill (to be put off until the October session of the Knesset). The American Jewish Committee (AJC) Mideast Briefing explains both the problems the bill was intended to address and the controversial concessions MK Rotem had to make to Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) in order to get their approval on the legislation.

If I have time over the weekend, I will try to add a few thoughts about this, having made a serious attempt this week to try to understand this bill and how conversions have been governed in the modern state of Israel.


"AJC Mideast Briefing: Understanding the Latest Conversion Crisis," July 21, 2010.


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