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Dec 12, 2021, 1:53 PM
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South Park’s Cartman converted to Judaism, but can he move to Israel?
The crudely drawn procedures for aliyah are so replete with baffling bureaucratic delays and reliant on emissaries' whims that it's downright cartoonish
Mar 11, 2021, 1:48 PM
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Is Netanyahu really worried about ‘fake conversions’ to Judaism?
Given a history of family ties to Conservative Judaism in the US, perhaps the PM has had some sort of religious epiphany. But not likely.
Dec 27, 2020, 8:16 PM
Corona Skeptic: You Are Not Welcome in My Home
A longtime friend, Amir, grew up in the Haredi world. He left that world, moved to Berlin, and adopted a "Hiloni" lifestyle. He is now back in Israel and hanging out with the most extreme elements of the Haredi...
Nov 24, 2020, 2:37 PM
Pollard a Hero? Not So Fast!
Jonathan Pollard is now, essentially, a free man. He had been working as an intelligence analyst for the United States government when arrested. In 1986, Pollard pleaded guilty to providing top-secret classified information and documents to Israel. He was...
Oct 18, 2020, 1:10 PM
Fully Accepting LGBTQ Jews – A Response to Rav Lau
It is Not Good for Persons to be Alone – Fully Accepting LGBTQ Jews As much of the western world has come to better understand human sexuality, acceptance of Gay men and women has become far more common than it...
Sep 1, 2020, 2:43 PM
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Why are Jews stuck in the Amazon?
Jewish converts in the remote city of Iquitos are eligible to move to Israel. The government keeps them out by simply ignoring their applications.
Jul 21, 2020, 5:35 PM
Israel’s Interior Ministry – The Big Runaround
Over the past years I have written of the struggle of the Abayudaya Jewish community in Uganda to achieve the recognition that would allow members of the community to have the right to study in Israel and the right...
May 17, 2020, 3:21 PM
Ending Corruption in Our Religious Institutions
Over the years the bodies representing the official Jewish religious establishment in Israel, including Israel’s Chief Rabbinate, have been rife with questionable, if not illegal, behavior. One study, published by Hiddush, found that 73% of Israelis perceive the religious...
Jan 6, 2020, 6:48 PM
Masorti Matters: Ugandan Jews Celebrate in Israel
The Masorti movement in Israel is often in the news for our difficulties with government authorities or with elements of the religious establishment. Our good work is usually not, understandably, in the news. This time it was different In 2002,...
May 6, 2019, 9:01 PM
Let My People Go
African Jews Need Not Apply
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