Sunday 9 November 2014

R Arie Folger: My Thoughts on the Israeli Conversion Law

My thoughts on the Israeli conversion law:
«...Rabbi David Stav, in turn, heavily criticized the chief rabbis, adding that, "The person running the chief rabbinate today is Arye Deri. He decides who is a Jew and who is not, who is a rabbi and who is not." Stav further threatened that the bill could pass and new conversion courts could effectively operate without the chief rabbis' cooperation. This may be his strongest attack on the Chief Rabbinate of Israel to date; it is an outright declaration of war. ...»
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/A-worthy-compromise-for-the-sake-of-converts-380697

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Also see R Folger's Original Blog Post:
http://ariefolger.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/a-well-trodden-path-out-of-the-conversion-law-impasse/


Kol Tuv,
RRW

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