The chairman of Israel’s committee on conversion said the forum will discuss eliminating the “nationality” clause from state identity cards, meaning the state would not have to rule on who is a Jew. Cabinet minister Michael Melchior told the Knesset that the question should not be resolved in the Knesset, but in the synagogue.
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