Czech
French
German
Hebrew
Noruegan
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Polish
Portuguese
The Israeli district judge’s Dec. 30, 1998, decision that recognized Conservative and Reform conversions does not address itself to the divisions between the non-Orthodox religious Jewish communities in Israel and from abroad as to “who is a Jew”.
The Conservative Rabbinate does not recognize conversions performed by the Reform Rabbinate, while the Reform Rabbinate in Israel does not necessarily recognize Reform conversions that are conducted outside of Israel, and neither the Conservative nor the Reform rabbinical bodies in Israel accept the official American Reform definition of a Jew based on “patrilineal descent”
Meanwhile, both the Conservative and Reform movements in Israel, who maintain a total of 62 congregations in the Jewish state, have rejected standards of some American Reform Rabbis who perform interfaith marriages and same-sex commitment ceremonies.
Respectfully Submitted,
David Bedein, MSW
