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Article: In Israel, liberal conversions equal those of Chief Rabbinate
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- Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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- November 5, 1996
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Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
11-05-1996
In Israel, liberal conversions equal those of Chief Rabbinate.
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (JTA) -- The Chief Rabbinate in Israel gets some 10,000 requests for conversions a year but completes only about 400, according to Reform sources.
After the Israeli Supreme Court last year issued a decision that opened the door to the possibility that the government might recognize Reform conversions done within Israel, the movement there was flooded with people seeking to become Jewish, said Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, executive director of the Association of Reform Zionists of America.
Outside of the rabbinate, which recognizes only ...