Jewish Agency’s Policy Toward Immigrants of Mixed Marriages Will Not Change

The recent legislation amending the Law of Return will effect no changes in the Jewish Agency’s policy toward immigrants of mixed marriages, the Agency’s director general Moshe Rivlin said yesterday. Mr. Rivlin addressed a group of 35 visiting American Journalists. He said the amendment stipulates equal rights for the non-Jewish spouses and offspring of Jewish immigrants and grants them automatic citizenship. This has been the principle applied by the Jewish Agency and the Government all along though it was not written into the law, Mr. Rivlin said. In cases where there are doubts, the Jewish Agency acts to facilitate conversions, he added.