This Week – In and Out
Rob Eshman
May 25, 2006
Last Friday, when the sun went down in Los Angeles, the Jewish community came alive.
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Israel Should Accept All Jews as Jews
David Ellenson
April 7, 2005
On March 31, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that 17 foreigners converted to Judaism by non-Orthodox rabbinic courts must be considered as Jews under the Law of Return. The Law of Return has long extended legal recognition as Jews to Reform and Conservative converts who have moved to Israel from the Diaspora.
Shas Blinks First
Eric Silver
August 19, 1999
The Sephardic Shas Party, which had threatened to pull its 17 Knesset members out of the coalition if the turbine rolled, was left spluttering with indignation. National Infrastructure Minister Eli Suissa, who spearheaded resistance to the move, branded it \”unprecedented chutzpah.\”
Taking the First Step
Jewish Journal
April 8, 1998
More than 40 rabbis, from Orthodox to Reform, look for ways to increase respect among Jews
The Thirteen Wants
Jewish Journal
November 20, 1997
What can American-style liberalJudaism offer Israel? After the battle over the proposed conversionbill is settled, that question will remain. We can puff up our chestsand demand equality with Orthodoxy over who is a Jew. But,inevitably, every political victory in the Knesset will beshort-lived unless we find a way to talk to Israeli Jews about theirown lives.
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