Mimouna Festival Supports Conversions
Festival takes stance resisting coercion
27/04/2011 14:09
Tags: IDF conversions · Israel
Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu meets with soldiers in his office before the IDF conversion. 15.12.2010. Photography: Amos Ben Gershom, Government Press Office via Flash 90
This year, for the first time, the federation is coming out against injustices to converted Jews and people in the process of conversion to Judaism. This Mimouna (which began last night
Is there any better occasion to show our support for the converts than the Mimouna?
and is taking place today ) will be held as a protest and a way of supporting the converts, in the shadow of the political and halakhic controversy surrounding it.