Contentious haredi conversion bill approved for passage to the Knesset
Approval of bill represents second big defeat for progressive Jewish streams and moderate Orthodox groups.
THE JERUSALEM conversion office of the Chief Rabbinate – once the majority of Israeli citizens no longer connect to the Jewish nature of Israel, we will be left with a soulless country that is constantly fighting for its very existence.(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)ByJEREMY SHARON