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GIYUR
The Israel High Court Ruled that Reform and Conservative "Converts" are Considered Jews
, Ki Siso 5781
Agudah Statement on Israeli High Court Ruling on Non-Orthodox Conversion
, Ki Siso 5781
252 Non-Jewish Bnei Menashe Arrived on Tuesday
, Mikeitz 5781
What is at Stake in the Current Geirus Controversy?
, Vayeitzei 5781
The Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis Meets, Toldos 5780
The Geirus Scandal in Barcelona, Tazria
5779
Reform Conversion
Will Never be Recognized in Israel, Vayechi
5779
The
Conversion Committee's Recommendations Are a Threat to Klal
Yisroel, Behaalosecha 5778
The Conference of
European Rabbis Will only Recognize Conversions in
Rabbinical Courts , Mikeitz 5777
The Rise of
Orthodox American Jewry , Vayeishev 5777
New Liberal
Conversion Policy in Zahal by the Defense Minister, Nitzovim
5776
Worldwide Protest
Against Jewish Agency Conversion Plan, Bolok
5775
Provocative
Conversion Law Approved for Knesset Vote, Lechlecha
5775
Prime Minister
Removes Conversion Law from Consideration, Parshas Noach
5775
Discussion on the
Conversion Law Postponed, Parshas Pinchos
5774
Knesset
Proposals: Almost 30 Anti-Chareidi Laws, Bechukosai
5774
Reform Rabbis are
the Great Enemy of the Jewish People, Parshas Kisiso
5774
Rundown of Week's
Anti-Religious Laws, Vayeitzei 5774
An Interview
With Rabbi Moshe Gafni, Parshas Chukas 5772
Decrease in
Army `Conversions', Parshas Nosso 5771
A New Meaning
for the Phrase Forced Converts, Parshas Shemini
5771
Behind the Scenes of
the Fictitious Conversion Apparatus, Parshas Vayakhel
5771
Public Outcry
Against IDF `Conversions' Continues, Parshas Vayakhel
5771
Astonishing
Revelations of Thousands of Phony Conversions in the IDF,
Parshas Tetzaveh 5771
Pain and Protest of
Maranan Verabbonon Over Attempt to Legitimize Israeli Army
Converts, Parshas Mishpotim 5771
Great Protest,
Parshas Mishpotim 5771
Dayonim Decry Chilul
Hashem Following Chief Rabbinate Decision on IDF Conversion,
Parshas Yisro 5771
Gafni: 'The Very Idea
of Dialogue with Reform is Troubling', Parshas Beshalach
5771
House Committee
Advances IDF 'Conversion' Bill to Constitution Committee,
Parshas Vaeiroh 5771
Backgrounder: IDF
Conversion Law, Parshas Vayechi 5771
Study Reveals Most
Govt. and IDF Conversions are Fake, Parshas Vayigash
5771
Knesset Has No Halachic
or Moral Authority to Consider Conversion Matters, Parshas
Mikeitz 5771
Rabbonim and Dayonim
Decry IDF `Conversions', Parshas Vayishlach
5771
Government Approves
Aliya of 8,000 Falashmura, Parshas Vayishlach
5771
Vaad Harabbonim: 'No
Room for Knesset Interference in Conversion', Parshas Chayei
Soroh 5771
IDF Conversions
Further Taint Jewish Lineage, Parshas Lech Lecha
5771
Rabbi Maklev Defends
Conversion `Stringencies' in IDF, Yom Kippur/Succos
5771
Prime Minister
Yields to Reform and Conservative Pressure on Conversion
Law, Parshas Voeschanan 5770
Proposed Conversion
Law in Accordance with Halacha, Parshas Devorim
5770
Chief Rabbinate Issues
Groundbreaking Directives for Registering Converts for
Marriage, Parshas Korach 5770
Chief Rabbinate
Directives to Marriage Registrars Still Pending, Parshas
Shelach 5770
Sharp Rise in
Fictitious Conversions, Parshas Behaalosecho
5770
High Court Appeal
Would Force Rabbonim to Permit Every Conversion, Parshas
Achrei Mos/Kedoshim 5770
UTJ Blocks
Disastrous Conversion Law Amendment, Parshas
Vayakhel/Pekudei 5770
Knesset Debate Over
Rabbonim Who Do Not Recognize False Conversions, Parshas
Vayeitzei 5770
Eternal Jewish Family
Sponsors Conference for Dayonim, Parshas Toldos
5770
Widespread Protest
Against Shas MK's Calls for Conversion Leniencies for
Soldiers Continues, Parshas Haazinu 5770
MK Rabbi Gafni
Condemns High Court Decision to Fund Reform Conversion
Programs, Parshas Behaalosecho 5769
American RCA
"Converts" Loyal Christian, Parshas Bamidbar
5769
High Court Rules
Reform and Conservative Conversion Programs Should Receive
Equal Funding, Parshas Bamidbar 5769
American RCA
"Converts" Loyal Christian, Parshas Tezaveh
5769
Vaad HaRabbonim
LeInyonei Giyur: The Chief Rabbinate Should Dissociate
Itself from Conversion Authority, Parshas Vayishlach
5769
National-Religious
Ally With Secular to Set Up New "Conversion" Courts, Parshas
Chayei Soroh 5769
Limiting Prague
Conversions, Parshas Chayei Soroh 5769
Dozens of False
Conversions Performed in Riga, Parshas Noach
5769
Vaad HaRabbonim
LeInyonei Giyur: The Government Has No Authority to Make
Promises on Clearly Halachic Issues, Parshas Mattos
5768
Half of FSU Residents
Eligible for Aliyah are Not Jewish, Parshas Bolok
5768
Livni: "Conversion
Processes Should Be Easier — Only One in Ten
Immigrants Is Jewish", Parshas Bolok 5768
Jewish Agency:
Falash Mura Remaining in Ethiopia are Impostors, Parshas
Bolok 5768
Attorney
General Scolded Rabbi Druckman, But No Charges Brought,
Parshas Shelach 5768
MK Gafni
Demands Judicial Ombudsman Retract Recommendation to Remove
Dayan Sherman from Office, Parshas Shelach
5768
EJF: Rabbonim Must
Ensure Conversions Performed Only If Candidate Commits to
Keep Mitzvas, Parshas Behaalosecho 5768
Widespread Support
for Firm Stance Against Conversion Breaches, Parshas
Bamidbar 5768
MK Gafni: We Must
Step Up the Campaign Against False Conversions, Parshas
Bechukosai 5768
Public Notice from Vaad
HaRabbonim Haolami LeInyonei Giyur, Parshas Behar
5768
False Conversion,
Parshas Behar 5768
Vaad HaRabbonim
LeInyonei Giyur Backs Beis Din Annulment of Conversion,
Parshas Emor 5768
Vaad HaRabbonim
LeInyonei Giyur Warns Against IDF Conversions, Parshas
Acharei Mos/Pesach 5768
MK Rabbi Gafni:
"Conversion Must Only be Done According to Halochoh.",
Parshas Zav 5768
Eternal Jewish Family
Warns Against Backing Unqualified Dayanim, Parshas Vayikra
5768
Staunch Opposition
Following Plan to Set Up Government Conversion Authority,
Parshas Tetzaveh 5768
Foreign Minister
Calls for Conversion Leniencies, Parshas Bo
5768
Government Minister
Says Conversion System Coordinated with Chief Rabbi, Parsha
Voeiro 5768
Rabbinical Committee
Warns Against Viewing Mass Conversion as Solution , Parshas
Ki Seitzei 5767
Gedolei Yisroel Are
The Only Ones With Authority To Determine How Converts Are
Accepted, Parshas Chukas 5767
City Rabbi and Chief
Rabbinate Council Member Calls for Conversion Without
Insisting on Convert's Intentions to Keep Mitzvas, Parshas
Korach 5767
Historic Conference
for Dayanim in the US, Parshas Yisro 5767
Non-Jewish
Foreigners Could Become Legal Residents, Parshas Yisro
5767
Rift Between Joint
Conversion Institute and Conversion Courts Might Curtail
Phony Conversions, Parshas Beshalach 5767
Vaad HaRabbonim
LeInyonei Giyur to Expand, Parshas Voeiro
5767
Rabbonim Told Not to
Take Part in Ne'eman Conversion Committee, Parshas Chayei
Soroh 5767
Rabbinate Courts
Encouraging Russian Immigrants to Verify Jewish Status,
Parshas Noach 5767
Conversion Scandal
Exposed in Prague, Parshas Eikev 5766
International
Rabbinical Conference in Jerusalem Demands Stricter
Conversion Guidelines, Parshas Devorim 5766
Rabbinical
Conference on Conversion and Intermarriage Held in Jerusalem
This Week, Parshas Mattos-Mass'ei 5766
Final Preparation
for Geirus-Intermarriage Conference in Jerusalem, Parshas
Pinchos 5766
Jerusalem Rabbinical
Conference to Focus on Conversion, Parshas Bolok
5766
Thousands of Children
of Foreign Workers Made Eligible for Citizenship, Parshas
Korach 5766
International
Rabbinical Conference in Jerusalem to Buttress Halachic
Conversion, Parshas Shelach 5766
Reform and
Conservative Demanding Access to Public Mikvehs for
Conversion Purposes, Parshas Shelach 5766
New Israeli-European
Conversion Scandal, Parshas Bamidbar 5766
The Vaad
HaRabbonim Supports Chief Rabbi Amar's New Directive on
Foreign Converts, Parshas Behar/Bechukosai
5766
Universal Conversion
Standards — Good for Everyone Concerned, Parshas
Behar/Bechukosai 5766
Conference of European
Rabbis Holds Jubilee Convention in London, Parshas
Behar/Bechukosai 5766
Eternal Jewish
Family Program Tries to Formulate Universal Standards for
Conversions at Conference in Florida, Parshas
Vayakhel/Pekudei 5766
The Chief Rabbi of
Azerbaijan warns: "Non-Jewish Children are Being Accepted in
Jewish Schools in the Former Soviet Union.", Parshas
Beshalach 5766
Chief Rabbinate
Attacks Wholesale IDF Conversions, Parshas Shemos
5766
Interior Ministry
Grants Citizenship to Thousands of Non- Jews; Rabbonim and
Public Figures Protest, Parshas Mikeitz 5766
Hundreds of Soldiers
Undergo 4-Month Course and Receive Conversion Certificate
from Special IDF Beis Din, Parshas Toldos
5766
Vaad Cites Follow-Up
Studies of Converts after Steep Rise, Succos Issue
5766
Praise, Where Praise
is Due, Parshas Nosso 5765
More and More Goyim
Want to Move to Israel, Parshas Behar 5765
Interior Minister
Reports 4,000 Conversions in Progress, Parshas Kedoshim
5765
MK Rabbi Gafni
Demands Amendment to Conversion Law, Parshas Metzora
5765
Steps to Stop Court
Quickie Conversion Concession, Parshas Tazria
5765
Comments about the
High Court Ruling, Parshas Tazria 5765
Sharon: All of the
Falashmura will be Brought to Israel Over the Next 3 Years,
Parshas Mishpotim 5765
Population
Administration Pressured to Recognize Conversion Performed
Abroad by Unrecognized Rabbis, Parshas Mikeitz
5765
Rabbi Druckman's
Conversion Court Issued 499 Conversion Certificates Last
Month, Parshas Vayero 5765
Jewish Roots: A
Sensational Media Report and the True Facts, Parshas Lech
Lecho 5765
IDF Quietly Promoting
Large-Scale Conversion, Parshas Ki Sovo 5764
Poraz Allows Non-
Jewish Children to Immigrate If Either Parent is Jewish,
Parshas Ki Seitzei 5764
The Immigrant
Conversion Industry, Parshas Mattos-Masei
5764
Thousands of Non-Jews
Liable to be Assimilated in the Guise of Citizenship,
Parshas Vayeishev 5764
Many Recent Ethiopian
Arrivals Have No Jewish Connection, Parshas Vayeitzei
5764
Indignation Over
Sharon's Hostile Remarks on Conversion, Parshas Vo'eschanan
5763
Mafdal Proposes New
Head of Conversion Botei Din, Parshas Matos-Masei
5763
8,000 IDF Soldiers are
not Jewish, Parshas Matos-Masei 5763
Chareidim and
Geirim and the Jewish People, Parshas Matos-Masei
5763
85 Percent of
Applicants at Special Conversion Courts Certified After One
Hearing, Parshas Balak 5763
European Rabbinical
Conference Opposes Setup of Dubious Beis Din in Germany,
Parshas Korach 5763
Poraz Declares
Orthodox Conversion not a Prerequisite for Citizenship,
Parshas Bamidbar 5763
Wholesale Geirus in
the IDF, Parshas Tzav 5763
Jewish Agency Plans
to Launch Accelerated Conversion Program in Eastern Europe,
Parshas Vayikra 5763
Sharon Plans to Speed
Conversion Process by Transferring Interior Ministry
Portfolio, Parshas Pekudei 5763
Who is a Jew in Peru?,
Parshas Vo'eiro 5763
Conversion Dayan: "We
Try to Utilize All Possibilities to be Lenient . . .",
Parshas Shemos 5763
Joint Institutes Try
to Send Conversion Candidates to Religious Schools, Parshas
NItzovim/Vayelech 5762
Immigrant Couples
Will No Longer be Required to Prove They are Jewish in Order
to Marry, Parshas Ki Sovo 5762
Orthodox Conversion
Poses Greater Threat than Conservative Conversions, Parshas
Behaaloscha 5762
Query About
Conversion, Parshas Vayikra 5762
Vaad Warns of False
Orthodox Conversions, Parshas Vayikra 5762
United Torah Judaism
Rejects High Court's Conversion Decision, Parshas Ki Siso
5762
Israeli Rabbis Convert
Dozens of "Inca Jews", Parshas Mishpatim 5762
Further Declines in
Conversion Process in Israel: Reform and Conservative
Movements Could Take Over Soon, Parshas Vayishlach
5762
Rabbinical Court
System Funds Joint Conversion Institutes; Discriminates
Against Orthodox Conversion Ulpanim, Parshas Devarim
5761
4000 Conversions
Per Year in Israel Since 2000, Parshas Mattos-Massei
5761
Russian
Immigrant Assaults Bnei Brak Passersby on Shabbos, Parshas
Chukas 5761
Vaad HaRabbonim
Concerned that Beis Din for Conversion Appeals Could be
Undermined, Parshas Chukas 5761
Observations: A
Case of False Identity, Parshas Korach 5761
Politica - Good
Bet--So Far, Parshas Korach 5761
The IDF's
Conversion Court Meets at the Military Cemetery on Mount
Herzl, Parshas Nasso 5761
Conversions in
the IDF Are not Orthodox, Parshas Tetzaveh
5761
New Central
Rabbinical Authority in Germany, Parshas Bo
5761
Drop in
Conversions Due to Lack of Funds, Parshas Shemos
5761
A Giyoret's View of
Ahavas Hageir, Parshas Vayeshev 5761
Politica,
Parshas Vayishlach 5761
Vaad HaRabbonim
Haolami LeInyonei Giyur Refuses to Participate in Knesset
Conversion Committee Meeting, Parshas Vayeitzei
5761
More than 60%
of the Russian Immigrants are Non-Jews, Rosh Hashana-Yom
Kippur 5761
Rabbinical
Courts Transfer Funds to Reform-Conservative Ulpanim, Rosh
Hashana-Yom Kippur 5761
Education
Ministry Closes Conversion Network, Parshas Mattos-Massei
5760
Or Etzion
Conversion Court Defies the Gedolim to Appease the Reform,
Parshas Pinchos 5760
When the Parents of
the Converts Need Converting, Parshas Kedoshim
5760
IDF Offers
Quick Conversion Course, Parshas Tazria 5760
Welcome the
True Geirim, Parshas Shemini 5760
Beis Din For
Azerbaijan Immigrants Founded, Parshas Vayikra
5760
Australian Court
Supports Orthodox School for not Accepting Reform Convert,
Parshas Pekudei 5760
Future of Joint
Conversion Institutes in Doubt, Parshas Bo
5760
A Call To Save
Our Pure Yichus, Parshas Voeira 5760
False Charges
Against Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Klein, Parshas Mikeitz
5760
Big Bucks in
European "Conversions", Parshas Toldos 5760
Vaad
LeInyonei Giyur Condemns Eretz Chemda Beis Din, Parshas Lech
Lecho 5760
Protest
Increased Aliya of Non-Jews from the C.I.S, Parshas Lech
Lecho 5760
Conversion
Industry Booming, Parshas Bereishis 5760
RCA Beth Din
Interferes in Local Rabbinical Affairs in Hong Kong and
Berlin, Parshas Bereishis 5760
Conversion
Industry in Or Etzion Defies the Guidelines of Chief Rabbi
Yisroel Meir Lau, Rosh Hashan 5760
Joint Conversion Institutes Have no
Students, Parshas Nitzavim - Vayelech 5759
Be on Guard,
Parshas Ki Sovo 5759
Conversion
Tidings, Parshas Ki Seitzei 5759
A Demonstration
Against Allowing Wholesale Non-Jewish Immigration, Parshas
Eikev 5759
A Virtual Jew?,
Parshas Bolok 5759
The Conversion
Administration Has
Six Special Courts, Parshas Achrei-Kedoshim
5759
"Conversion" Institute Opens Doors in
Carmiel, Parshas Tazria-Metzora 5759
Chief Rabbinate
Will Not Recognize Conversion of Adopted Child, Parshas
Vayikro 5759
Quickie
Conversion Flouts Chief
Rabbi's Ruling, Parshas Vayakhel/Pekudei 5759
Easy Conversion
is an Escape from Judaism, Not a Way In, Parshas Beshalach
5759
Director of the
Jerusalem Rabbinical Courts Criticizes Av Beis Din of
Jerusalem, Parshas Bo 5759
Conversion Law with
Ne'eman Recommendations Rejected by Knesset Law Committee,
Parshas Shemos 5759
A Judge in
Jerusalem Orders That
Non-Jews with Reform and Conservative "Conversions" be
Registered as Jews, Parshas Shemos 5759
Knesset
Committee To Discuss Ne'eman Committee Decisions, Parshas
Vayechi 5759
Checking
Conversions, Parshas Vayigash 5759
Falash Mura
Immigrants from Ethiopia Will Have to Undergo Full
Conversion, Parshas Vayigash 5759
Chief Rabbi Sacks Must
Decide, Parshas Vayishlach 5759
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