The Jewish Agency General Assembly adopted resolutions on Sunday calling on the Israeli government to establish an independent authority on Jewish conversions and special courts of Jewish law to "allow the conversion process to move forward," according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The assembly defeated a stronger resolution that would have called on the Israeli government to "recognize and accept as Jews" all those converted under the supervision of rabbis from the four major Jewish religious movements, as well as those from "other religious streams of Judaism" abroad.

The resolution calling for the establishment of the special religious courts said they should "base themselves on appropriate moderate and tolerant prior halachic decisions...." The measure calling for establishment of a conversion authority noted that Israel's High Court of Justice has already recognized conversions by the different streams of Judaism for civil matters.