Conversion bill

Religious services minister visits Colleyville, other Jewish communities to garner support

I sincerely hope and want that every Jew, wherever they may be in Israel or around the world will strongly identify with their nation-state," said Religious Affairs minister Matan Kahana.

 Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana is seen at the Colleyville synagogue in Texas, on March 24, 2022.
 Haredim protest in Jerusalem against the conscription of ultra-Orthodox youth into the army.

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RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS Minister Matan Kahana address the Knesset plenum last month.

Controversial conversion reform advances in Knesset

Chief rabbis gathered to discuss reforms to the conversion and kashrut system

Kahana submits Jewish conversion reform bill to Knesset


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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington,

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Spectators giving the Nazi salute during one of the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics medal ceremonies

Chief Rabbi regrets rabbinical rejection of Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founder

Rabbi Yehoshua Fass’ affirmation for a congregant was rejected in 2016 along with those of 159 other Diaspora rabbis.

Rabbi Yehoshua Fass (left) in his meeting with Chief Rabbi David Lau

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Ministers to vote on Jerusalem, conversion

Committee will also consider bill that would have state fund party primaries.

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American Jewish converts ‘hurt’ and ‘humiliated’ by conversion bill

"Israel’s latest conversion bill is only a more institutionalized manifestation of this social discomfort."

Dorian Stuber and his wife, Marianne Tettlebaum, at the Jewish Federation of Arkansas Tikkun Olam banquet in Fall 2016