The violent American encampments and the L.A. riot were not pogroms. So, then, what are they? They are violent attacks that -- very easily — could have been suppressed immediately by real Jews. Op-ed..
Chief Rabbinate staff allegedly added two courts from overseas to the list of approved conversion courts despite them not completing the strict process to do so.
Orthodox monopoly on conversion and adoption of non-Jewish children up for adoption comes to an end after 20-year court case.
Sofia Richie, daughter of singer Lionel Richie, marries Jewish music executive after Reform conversion.
The journalist explained that after a long process, she completed Orthodox conversion.
Someone born to a Jewish mother who intermarried and who was raised a Christian would now like to live as a Jew. What is the halakha?
Former minister Kahana supports changing the Grandfather Clause and emphasizes: 'Conversion can only be according to Orthodox law.
Over past decade, just 67 US citizens utilized clause to gain Israeli citizenship.
Rabbi Shamai Ginzburg, one of the heroes of the Vienna conversion affair, was a Gur Hasid and an avid Zionist.
Different antisemitic stereotypes are applied by antisemites to Jews, Jews to antisemites, and Jews to themselves. Op-ed..
Close to the decisive meeting on the issue, Rabbi Unterman was put under tremendous pressure by extremists not to accept the conversions..
In the year 1969, the Jewish Agency succeeded in rescuing a few Jews from the USSR. Read what happened to them in Vienna.
Gad Elmaleh's success was a source of pride and comfort for French Jews living under specter of antisemitism.
The former kickboxer who's been banned from a number of social media platforms says liberals are 'brain-washing' children.
Two women will now be allowed to immigrate under Law of Return.
'The very large number of new Jews has led to a considerable change in Jewish life in Germany.'
The first mention of cancellation in case of non-observance of mitzvot appears in the ‘Beit Yitzchak’ responsa about a hundred years ago.
Avigail Minster speaks to Israel National News about the path that led her from discovering Judaism to converting over a decade later.
The objective in conversion requiring only observance of tradition is those families who have taken root here and are aware of traditions.
Similarities can be drawn between the controversies over the heter mechira and conversion to what is called traditional Jewish observance.
Two stories showing the extent of religious observance demanded by the rabbinate for conversion.
What interest of the Jewish people is advanced by pretending that Gentiles are quasi-Jews, “traditional” but not religious? Opinion.
Minister Kahana rejects criticisms, accuses Liberman of refusing to meet with him to iron out differences.
Matan Kahana argues to adopt completely unacceptable minority viewpoints as the Judaic law of the land. Op-ed.
Every legal system engenders cogent minority viewpoints from great scholars. But we do not light 8 candles the 1st night of Chanukah.Op-ed.
The ABC of what is happening now.
Threats, abuse, and honor killings: How a Palestinian Arab teen and her brother ended up in Israel, with plans to convert and join the IDF
Why is it important that Jews survive if we are not going to observe the Torah? What would the world be missing if there were no Jews?Op-ed.
Those who 'convert' according to Kahana's law won't be recognized as Jews by vast majority of rabbis, warn Israel's chief rabbis.
With Jewish lineage chaos beyond control in the US , the Chief Rabbinate is the unifying force for maintaining Jewish authenticity, Op-ed
Minister Kahana's bill, written with help of senior religious Zionist rabbis, stipulates conversions must be done according to Torah law.
Religious Affairs Minister explains that doing so will lead to "more communities that feel connected to Judaism."
Hundreds of rabbis demonstrate against conversion reforms. Safed Chief Rabbi says reform dangerous to Judaism.
Israel's leading religious authorities have issued an 'emergency call to action' against proposed reforms in religious services in Israel.
Religious Affairs Minister: "Protesting is best use of one's citizenship rights; I have no problem with people protesting my policies."
'We won't always agree, but we're not trying to be contrarian to you,' PM Bennett tells MK Meir Porush.
"A Jew is someone who commits to Torah observance, regardless of any legislation the Knesset may pass."
Leading Religious Zionist rabbi calls on Chief Rabbinate to hold dialogue with Religious Affairs Minister on 'good' conversion law.
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef slams leading Religious Zionist rabbi for agreeing in principle to allowing municipal rabbis to perform conversions.
The consequences of the conversion reforms, if passed, will be dire and it is not just the split that will occur in the Jewish world. Op-ed.
Arafat only got to start intifadas. You actually get the deciding vote in the Knesset on who is a Jew. This is what is at stake.Op-ed
Rabbi David Stav, chair of the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization, says that the Chaim Walder case has been an "ugly hour."
Former Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar issues ruling against conversion reforms proposed by Minitser Kahana.
A demand addressed to MK Kalfon from a French immigrant.
Yisrael Beytenu accuses Chief Rabbi Lau of "crossing a red line," calls on Religious Affairs Minister to summon him to disciplinary hearing.
Kahana: Chief Rabbi's decision to cease authorizing conversions "solely because a certain official did not have his tenure extended."
"It is within your power to prevent an irreparable rift in the Jewish People and stop this conversion reform from advancing."
We will find US halakhic authorities in RCA and OU subjecting Israeli converts coming to the US to lineage investigations. And worse. Op-ed
Yeshiva student stunned to learn his mother is not Jewish, undergoes conversion.
Leaders of Conference of European Rabbis warn in letter to PM, Kahana of potential disaster for tens of thousands of Israelis in Europe.
This is an appalling tragedy of errors of Shakepearian proportions that has pierced the hearts of many. Opinion.
'Yulia Malinovsky is simply bored and looking to pick fights,' sources tell Arutz Sheva.
A short story. About an age-old history.
Mother, daughter, and granddaughter living in Israel convert to Judaism together at private Orthodox rabbinic court.
"A" turned to Lehava organization for help in returning to his roots. He is now becoming religiously observant.
How odd that Israel would want to revert to the old American-Jewish decentralized system that was so chaotic that it was abandoned! Op-ed.
Rabbinic Supreme Court, in precedent-setting ruling, finds conversion of people who falsely claimed to be bothers and sisters to be valid.
One of Latin America's most popular telenovela and movie stars shocked her fans when she converted to Judaism - and moved to Israel.
Arutz Sheva speaks with Dr. Irwin Leibowitz, the co-chair of the Am Echad organization.
"Ultra-conservatism doesn't get us anywhere," says gov't official. "We need to decide: yes to this, no to that."
