Israel’s attorney general ordered the interior minister to immediately register more than 20 Reform and Conservative converts as Jews on their identity cards. Elyakim Rubinstein warned Thursday that if Interior Minister Eli Yishai did not do so, Rubinstein would inform the High Court of Justice that Yishai and his employees are in contempt of court.
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