The Jewish Agency for Israel will now approve Orthodox converts’ eligibility for aliyah. Israel’s Interior Ministry announced the change in a letter to the Knesset on Tuesday. Previously the ministry, ...

An Orthodox woman who found her voice supporting gay Jewish students reflects on dignity, harm and the limits of the law.

(JTA) — The Israeli Supreme Court decision on Jewish conversion changes almost nothing. But down the line, it could change a lot. Under the March 31 ruling, the state of Israel must recognize Jewish ...

The saga of my Jewish conversion began twenty-five years ago, when I got engaged to my first husband. He’d grown up in an Orthodox family, and his parents, my future in-laws, were devastated that he ...

Sarit Azoulay argues the rabbinical court that declared her non-Jewish failed to provide valid explanations. A new survey that was included in the Rabbinical Council of America’s review offers a first ...

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The Israel Supreme Court Sunday held that non-Jewish children adopted by Jewish parents will no longer have to go through Orthodox conversions. This practice was based on Section 5 of Israel’s Child ...