Statement signed by rabbis Chaim Druckman, Dov Lior charges legislation backed by government on conversion, kashrut and Western Wall will 'endanger the essence of the state'

New plan, which comes on heels of proposed kosher supervision reform, would enable conversions outside auspices of the Chief Rabbinate, giving authority to municipal rabbis

For Shavuot, an in-depth conversation with Rabbi Seth Farber on the history of conversion -- and how it all went awry in the Jewish state

United Torah Judaism campaign clip suggests High Court, which recently recognized non-Orthodox conversions, would also accept canines as members of the tribe

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Aryeh Deri reportedly asks prime minster to distribute memorandum for bill seeking to recognize only conversions authorized by the ultra-Orthodox state rabbinate

Miki Zohar said to make offer to Noam in exchange for it dropping out of elections; says future government will also shelve reforms to conversion to Judaism

A former Martha Graham dancer, Rabbi Mira Rivera’s unexpected journey to Judaism and the rabbinate gains mystical validation through her maternal ancestor's potential converso past

Number of converts in Israel declines as budget for the process rises in recent years in 'increasingly inefficient and unsuccessful' program