Orthodox conversions

Israel’s interior minister again seeks to end conversions outside of state’s Chief Rabbinate

The bill being floated by Shas party chief Aryeh Deri would end private Orthodox conversions and those approved by the Conservative and Reform movements.

By Marcy Oster June 18, 2020 12:38 pm

In northern Brazil, Sephardic converts are giving dwindling Jewish communities a new lease on life

The cradle of Brazilian Jewry is seeing the return of hundreds whose ancestors were forcibly converted to Christianity centuries ago.

December 26, 2018 12:15 pm

Bill would reject all conversions in Israel but those performed by Chief Rabbinate

It appears to be an effort to circumvent a 2016 Supreme Court ruling that allowed those undergoing private Orthodox conversions in Israel to become citizens under the Law of Return.

May 11, 2017 2:55 pm