5/23/2006

Haaretz: Rabbinate no longer recognizes overseas conversions

הרבנות לא מכירה ברוב הגיורים האורתודוקסיים בחו"ל - חדשות -הארץ

Ha'aretz on the Rabbanut conversion issue.
Here, they're talking about not accepting Gittin either. This is scary @#$%. A scary implication - a woman gets divorced and remarried, has kids w/ her 2nd husband, and makes aliyah. The Rabbanut deems the kids safek mamzerim.

The linked article is in Hebrew. If you can't read it, here's the English

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