Responding to the news that one of their number has been appointed by Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana to head the state's conversion system, the Tzohar organization had only praise for Kahana.
"The Tzohar rabbinic organization sends its congratulations and wishes for success to Rabbi Benayahu Brunner, one of the leading Religious-Zionist rabbis, who has dealt with the issue of conversion in the religious courts of the Chief Rabbinate for many years," Tzohar's announcement reads.
"His pleasant temperament and his great expertise in this area guarantee that conversions will be in good hands."