The Israeli government adopted the recommendations of a committee dealing with issues related to the conversions of adopted children. The committee called for the creation of special rabbinical courts to deal with such conversions. It also said the families of the adopted children would not be required to be religiously observant after the conversions and that there would be no rabbinic follow-up to ensure the religious observance of the children or the families.
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