2) Overheard on Shavu’ot: During a shiur on Megillat Rut, the question was raised – didn’t Machlon and Khilyon convert Rut and Orpah before marrying them? If so, why did Na’ami try to turn them away upon their return to Judea?
Answer from the back of the crowd: They were RCA conversions!
3) Recognized Rabbinical Courts for Conversion – it appears that this is ‘the list’ that several articles referred to. It’s a very interesting list, to say the least, but I’ll let you evaluate for yourselves. From here. Hat tip: Malka Esther
Australia Rabbi S. Gutnick, Rabbi Baruch Lashs (apparently, retired and left Sydney),
Italy Rabbi Elihu Toaff, Rabbino Alberto A. Piatteli Rome
Rabbi G. Garelik Milan
Argentina Rabino Shlomo Ben Hamu
Brazil Rabbi E. B. Valt
United States of America Rabbi Y. Grumer, Rabbi J. Blum Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwarz, Rabbi Y. Weinkrantz, Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst Chicago, Ill.
Rabbi Ilan D. Feldman, Rabbi S. Khoshkrman Atlanta, Georgia
Rabbi Hillel Klavan (now retired) Washington D.C.
Rabbi S. Maimon Seattle, WA
Rabbi Menachem Senderovic Milwaukee, WI
Rabbi Neta (sic) Greenblat Memphis, TN
Rabbi Sholom Rivkin St. Louis Missouri
Rabbi I.M. Levin Southfield, MI
Rabbi Abraham Halbfinger Boston, MA
Rabbi Y. Rotenberg, Rabbi M. Feldman (retired to Sydney, Australia – AR)Baltimore, MD
Rabbi E.M. Teitz Elizabeth N.J.
Rabbi Yonah Reiss, Rabbi Yehuda Korczak, Rabbi Elimelech Bluth, Rabbi Aaron Stein, Rabbi S. Herbst, Rabbi C. Kohen, Rabbi Chaim Ganzwieg, Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag, Rabbi Mencahem Zilber, Rabbi Abraham Izdabye, Rabbi Yosef Heller, Rabbi A. Hatchuel, Rabbi S.J. Landesman, Rabbi Peretz Steinberg New York
Rabbi David Lehrfield North Miami Beach Florida
Rabbi A. Brisman Philadephia PA
Rabbi Abraham Union, Rabbi G. Cohen Los Angeles, CA
Belgium Rabbi Eliyahu Sternbuch, Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, Rabbi David Leiberman, Rabbi J. Cohen Antwerp
Rabbi I. Chaikin Brussels
United Kingdom Rabbi Chanoch Ehrentreu, Dayan E. Pdwa, Rabbi Y. Lichtenstein London
Rabbi Y. Refson Leeds
Rabbi G. Kraus Manchester
South Africa Rabbi Moshe Kurchak Johannesburg
Holland Rabbi Meir Just Amsterdam
Venezuela Rabbi Yizchak Cohen Caracas
Turkey Rabbi David Asseo Rabbi Yitchak Chaliba Istanbul
Mexico Rabbi S. Tawil Rabbi D. Malech Rabbi Smolienski
Morocco Rabbi Shimon Suissa Casablanca
France Rabbi Yaacov Medar, Rabbi Nissim Ravivo, Rabbi Mordechai Rotenberg Paris
Rabbi J. Tubul Lyon
Rabbi Mordechai Zekbach, Rabbi S.A. Schlesinger Strasbourg
Canada Rabbi A.D. Niznick Montreal
Rabbi M.Z. Ochs Toronto
Russia Rabbi Pinchas Goldshmidt Moscow
Switzerland Rabbi Shaul Briish, Rabbi Daniel Levi Zurich
Rabbi Yisrael Levinger (apparently, retired to Israel) Basel
Rabbi A.Y. Schlesinger Geneva
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