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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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