itim Archives – Jewish Journal

Chief Rabbinate’s List Has Glaring Omissions

Seth Farber November 28, 2018

Who’s a Jew? Who Decides?

Seth Farber February 14, 2018

The complex, secret path to becoming an Orthodox Jew

Eitan Arom July 27, 2016

Nicole, the American woman at the center of a crisis of faith in Israel’s highest religious authority, is now a Jew twice over.

The aftermath of the Supreme Rabbinical Court’s ruling

Jewish Journal July 19, 2016

In the aftermath of the Supreme Rabbinical Court’s ruling that refused to certify as Jewish a convert of Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, a number of misconceptions or inaccuracies have made their way into the press.

Knesset committee approves conversion bill for final plenum readings

Jewish Journal October 27, 2014

A Knesset committee for the second time has approved a bill allowing local rabbis to oversee conversions to Judaism in Israel.

Group files lawsuit on behalf of Orthodox converts

Jewish Journal May 12, 2011

An Orthodox advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Israel\’s Supreme Court against the Interior Ministry, demanding that it recognize Orthodox conversions performed abroad for the purposes of aliyah. The Jeruslam-based ITIM, the Jewish Life Information Center, filed the lawsuit Thursday. The lawsuit argues that individuals who underwent Orthodox conversions in recognized communities outside of Israel should be granted citizenship in Israel under the Law of Return.