This Years Tisha b’Av Fast: The Rotem Conversion [...]
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The biblical Ruth is lucky she isn’t converting to Judaism in 2009. If she ever wants to live in Israel, that is. Her moving, lyrical story of devotion to her mother-in-law and embrace of Jewish values has long stood as a potent symbol of the loving outsider who wishes to come in, and is lauded for [...] A year ago, in a Jewish Week dialogue of Opinion pieces, I criticized the Rabbinical Council of America’s RCA new conversion standards as it “scrutinizes” conversions performed before their new system was put into place. Writing in defense of the RCA, the chairman of its Geirus Conversion, Policies and Standards GPS committee, strenuously objected to my [...] Rabbi Sherman of the Rabbinical Court has invalidated another conversion. via DovBear: change the original or the post-facto process. This time Rabbi Sherman declared a conversion granted by the Rabbinate to a woman null and void, questioned her Jewishness, ordered her to divorce her husband immediately and stated that as of now her children are to be [...] | ||||
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