The national system of Orthodox Jewish religious conversion has not only failed,it has backfired on its protectors.

Conversion in Israel is a lengthy and cumbersome process that combines all the worst attributes of government red-tape, religious corruption, and legal obstructionism.

In annual report, state comptroller finds that many of the 130 councils in Israel make their own rules, violating existing instructions of the Religious Services Ministry and the Chief Rabbinate.

Rabbi says that, although the Conservative movement has performed conversions of several Portuguese Jews, this is the first time the rabbinical court convened in Portugal.

Mixed-race Peruvian converts to begin arriving in Israel early this summer, after being allowed to do so by Interior Ministry.

Volunteer, Yosef Balal, tells Haaretz his story after receiving no answer to letters he wrote to the police commissioner and public security minister, describing the October 2012 incident.

Thousands of Mashhad Jews did convert to Islam, in appearance at least, after nearly 40 were murdered by their neighbors; most simply took their Judaism underground.

The seeds of the Inquisition are sown on this day in 1391 when a fiery preacher in Seville, Spain incited months of violence against the city's Jews.

The battle for control over the Chief Rabbinate is not between moderates and extremists, or between enlightened members of religious Zionism against the uneducated Haredim, but rather between two aggressive groups that are fighting over the fees paid by the public

Seven descendants of Kaifeng Jews, an ancient community from China's Henan Province, have come to Israel to reclaim their Judaism, embracing the circumcision, ritual baths and kosher eating that it requires.