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Converts not recognised

May 22, 2008 23:00

By Anonymous

1 min read

The Conference of European Rabbis will not recognise Israeli conversions, particularly those of Rabbi Haim Druckman, head of the Chief Rabbinate’s State Conversion Authority. It says it opposes “Israeli rabbis shuttling to Europe especially to perform a conversion”.

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