https://hiddush.org/subchannel-25-0-Orthodox_Conversion.aspx This is an RSS update from channel Orthodox Conversion on Hiddush website Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:41:14 GMT He-il https://hiddush.org/article-23374-0-Survey_recognition_of_nonJewish_family_members_under_Law_of_Return.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23374-0-Survey_recognition_of_nonJewish_family_members_under_Law_of_Return.aspx Mon, 06 Jan 2020 12:49:00 GMT 62% of Israel’s adult Jewish public does not consider religious conversion through the Chief Rabbinate as a necessary condition for recognizing the Jewishness of immigrants who are the family members of Jews but whose mothers are not Jewish. https://hiddush.org/article-23280-0-Revolutionary_conversion_ruling.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23280-0-Revolutionary_conversion_ruling.aspx Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:57:00 GMT Haredi opposition threatens Israeli democracy, the rule of law, the judciary's independence, and the partnership between Israel and world Jewry https://hiddush.org/article-23279-0-Court_requires_Interior_Ministry_to_recognize_a_private_conversion.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23279-0-Court_requires_Interior_Ministry_to_recognize_a_private_conversion.aspx Thu, 13 Sep 2018 11:26:00 GMT Hiddush responds to court ruling, instructing the Israeli Interior Ministry to formally recognize the Jewish identity of a woman who underwent a private Orthodox conversion https://hiddush.org/article-23228-0-The_conversion_draft_bill_is_a_land_mine.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23228-0-The_conversion_draft_bill_is_a_land_mine.aspx Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:36:00 GMT "The minefields of Israel's religion and state arena and Israel-Diaspora relations will explode in the coming days," Rabbi Uri Regev responded to reports about the upcoming legislative initiative on conversion, based on the recommendations of former minister Moshe Nissim. https://hiddush.org/article-21130-0-Comprehensive_interview_with_Rabbi_Shlomo_Riskin_in_Israeli_media.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-21130-0-Comprehensive_interview_with_Rabbi_Shlomo_Riskin_in_Israeli_media.aspx Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:34:00 GMT A recent detailed interview with Rabbi Shlomo Riskin appeared in the original Hebrew in Makor Rishon, with select paragraphs translated into English below. https://hiddush.org/article-17124-0-Politicians_who_degrade_the_Diaspora_shouldnt_seek_support_in_its_communities.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17124-0-Politicians_who_degrade_the_Diaspora_shouldnt_seek_support_in_its_communities.aspx Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:30:00 GMT If you weren't on Mars this week, there is high likelihood that you are aware of the fierce storms engulfing Israel and world Jewry under the blazing summer sun. Every self-respecting Jewish organization issued a statement, and the language ranged from dismay to deplore, although most were lacking when it came to taking action. https://hiddush.org/article-17122-0-Three_battle_fronts_The_Kotel_Conversion_and_Shabbat.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17122-0-Three_battle_fronts_The_Kotel_Conversion_and_Shabbat.aspx Mon, 26 Jun 2017 16:47:00 GMT Israel's religion and state conflict is viewed as a key component of shaping Israel's path. Recent days have provided us with a good cross section of the scope, depth, motivations, impact, and potential consequences of this ongoing saga. https://hiddush.org/article-17114-0-Conversion_bill_to_reject_all_conversions_outside_of_Israels_Rabbinate.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17114-0-Conversion_bill_to_reject_all_conversions_outside_of_Israels_Rabbinate.aspx Thu, 18 May 2017 20:35:00 GMT A measure submitted earlier this month by the Interior Ministry led by Rabbi Aryeh Deri, head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, is a blatant effort to circumvent a March 2016 Supreme Court ruling that allowed those undergoing private Orthodox conversions in Israel to become citizens under the Law of Return. https://hiddush.org/article-17017-0-Committee_to_determine_criteria_for_recognizing_Orthodox_Diaspora_rabbis.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17017-0-Committee_to_determine_criteria_for_recognizing_Orthodox_Diaspora_rabbis.aspx Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:47:00 GMT The Council of the Chief Rabbinate and the rabbinical judges of the Supreme Rabbinical Court convened Wednesday and established a joint committee to draft criteria for recognizing the weddings, divorces and conversions of rabbis in the Diaspora. https://hiddush.org/article-16925-0-Israeli_religious_court_goes_off_the_deep_end.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16925-0-Israeli_religious_court_goes_off_the_deep_end.aspx Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:37:00 GMT Why would a rabbinic court in the world’s only Jewish state do something that would blatantly turn off most of the world’s Jews? https://hiddush.org/article-16924-0-Rabbi_Haskel_Looksteins_degrading_experience.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16924-0-Rabbi_Haskel_Looksteins_degrading_experience.aspx Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:24:00 GMT If we needed any further reminder that the issue of "Who is a Jew" hits directly home in North America, the recent news regarding the refusal of the Israeli Rabbinic courts to accept Rabbi Haskel Lookstein's conversions is the most recent case in point. https://hiddush.org/article-16876-0-Landmark_conversions_ruling_is_a_victory_for_religious_freedom_in_Israel.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16876-0-Landmark_conversions_ruling_is_a_victory_for_religious_freedom_in_Israel.aspx Sun, 10 Apr 2016 13:33:00 GMT The Israeli Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling on conversion represents another blow to the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly on religious affairs; it strengthens a pluralistic approach to Judaism; and it upholds the principles of religious freedom and the rule of law. https://hiddush.org/article-15743-0-Conversion_–_Time_to_go_beyond_the_rhetoric.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-15743-0-Conversion_–_Time_to_go_beyond_the_rhetoric.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:26:00 GMT The leader of the Tzohar rabbinical organization, Rabbi David Stav, and his colleagues threw a shock grenade into the volatile religion/state arena this week. https://hiddush.org/article-2293-0-Jeffrey_Goldberg_shows_“How_Israel_Can_Stop_Alienating_American_Jews”.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2293-0-Jeffrey_Goldberg_shows_“How_Israel_Can_Stop_Alienating_American_Jews”.aspx Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:22:00 GMT Jeffrey Goldberg suggests several ideas as to “How Israel Can Stop Alienating American Jews”, including showing respect for diverse Jewish expression and ending ultra-Orthodox discrimination https://hiddush.org/article-2291-0-Chief_Rabbi_Amar_“The_Rabbinate_is_excellent…We_have_proven_ourselves”.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2291-0-Chief_Rabbi_Amar_“The_Rabbinate_is_excellent…We_have_proven_ourselves”.aspx Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:56:00 GMT Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar responds to recent articles criticizing the Rabbanut’s activities by saying that “the Rabbinate is excellent, and the religious court judiciary is excellent…It is getting better and better, including the way in which it relates to the public.” https://hiddush.org/article-2284-0-Tzohar_Rabbis_Disingenuous_In_Their_Campaign_.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2284-0-Tzohar_Rabbis_Disingenuous_In_Their_Campaign_.aspx Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:36:00 GMT Tzohar’s “victory for the Jewish People” is not in keeping with the pluralistic reality of the Jewish community in the United States from whom they have requested support. https://hiddush.org/article-2097-0-Summer_2010_Index.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2097-0-Summer_2010_Index.aspx Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:15:00 GMT Religion and State Index for the second half of 2010: 80% of the Jewish public objects to new religious legislation; 75% favor decreasing funding for yeshivas https://hiddush.org/article-2186-0-The_Conversion_Law_Fraud.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2186-0-The_Conversion_Law_Fraud.aspx Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:36:00 GMT The conversion law proposal that was supposed to help immigrants from the former Soviet Union has undergone changes which only strengthen the monopoly of the Chief Rabbinate. How the mighty have fallen.