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Israeli court revokes 15-year-old
conversion, sparking uproar
Brian Hendler
Rabbi Seth Farber says the ITIM hotline "has been ringing off the hook" with converts concerned about their status as well as potential converts.
A rabbinic court ruling in Israel revoking the Jewish status of a convert whose conversion was conducted 15 years ago has sparked a war between Israel's more moderate Orthodox and more zealous Orthodox rabbinic leadership.

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