David Ben-Avraham (born Saamach Zeitoun) underwent a non-rabbinate conversion in Bnei Brak in 2019 and was mistakenly killed by IDF troops in March.
The much-politicized issue of Jewish conversions has seen Israel’s left and right-wing debate the merits of halachic conversion and what should be considered a legitimate conversion for decades.
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut said there was "no clear reason" to deny converted Jews the rights afforded by the Law of Return
The amazing story of the Gazan who escaped to Israel and converted to Judaism.
It’s time for a clear, predictable path to citizenship with an explicit list of requirements for converts wishing to live in Israel.
Just as our sages learned about Jewish affirmations from Ruth, so I have found through my work with converts that we can learn much about Judaism from them.
Yael and Aaron Agpov from Ukraine had tried to convert to Judaism in 2022, but then the war broke out. This, plus Israel's Kafkaesque bureaucracy, thrust them into uncertainty.
L’Chaim is an organization dedicated to helping sex workers in the Czech Republic.
As Jews in Israel and around the world read the Book of Ruth during the holiday of Shavuot, it is worth asking how beloved converts truly are today.
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