Marathon efforts under way to modify conversion bill and contain Kotel damage
Leaders of the progressive Jewish movements bitterly oppose the legislation because it would prevent the High Court of Justice from granting their converts full state recognition.
JEWISH AGENCY Chairman Natan Sharansky briefs some 200 agency emissaries around the world on the decision by the government to cancel its plan for an expanded mixed prayer area at the Western Wall(photo credit: JAFI)ByJEREMY SHARON