Thursday, September 13, 2018

COURT ORDERS INTERIOR MINISTRY TO REGISTER PRIVATE ORTHODOX CONVERT AS JEW


The Interior Ministry has defied the spirit of a High Court of Justice ruling for 18 months by refusing to register as Jewish a woman who convertter defying the spirit of a High Court ruling for 18 months, the Interior Ministry has been ordered to register a woman who converted in a non-state, Orthodox rabbinical court as Jewish in the population registry. 

After defying the spirit of a High Court ruling for 18 months, the Interior Ministry has been ordered to register a woman who converted in a non-state, Orthodox rabbinical court as Jewish in the population registry. 

The ruling represents a significant victory for the ITIM religious services organization which brought the legal suit and the Giyur K’Halacha independent, Orthodox rabbinical court which is seeking greater legitimacy for its growing number of converts, mostly from the former Soviet Union

The ruling will not however influence the Chief Rabbinate’s stance which does not recognize the court’s conversions, meaning such coverts will still not be eligible for marriage in Israel since Jews can only marry through the Chief Rabbinate. 

Interior Minister and Shas leader Aryeh Deri said in response that the ruling in no way constitutes recognition of Giyur K’Halacha’s conversions. 

The Jerusalem District Court ruled last month in a decision published today (Thursday) in favour of the IITM religious services organization’s demand that she be registered as Jewish, after the State Attorney’s Office said it no longer objects to a ruling because proposed legislation by the government appears dead in the water.

1 comment :

  1. Nachum rabinovich knowsmore than both Chief rabbis put together. Deri knows less thana chimp.

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