The trials and treasures of Tel Aviv's gay-by boom

The question is whether the state-recognized rabbinate is treating same- and different-sex couples equally. Do they facilitate the conversion of adopted children of straight secular couples but not gay secular couples? As I understand it, in terms of getting a teudat zehut with a Jewish birthdate, non-Orthodox conversion is only recognized for non-Israelis who convert abroad. Once the child is Israeli it's too late. Is there a progressive movement in India willing to help these couples out? I doubt it. If not, the infant would have to be flow to the West for conversion, adding to the already daunting expense. And, no, in Israel you do not need a relationship with a rabbi or a congregation to celebrate a life cycle event. Secular straight couples get married through the rabbinate all the time.

So its not suprising that their children are not converted In order to convert there has to be an acceptance of Jewish laws, and the kid is being brought up by those who are breaking those laws. So its a technical issue that makes sense. The gay parents are only Jewish because there parents were Jewish. The gay people have broken the basic rule of Judaism and their kids can't be converted, too bad you cant have everything. We all make choices in life if you choose to be gay you have certain limitations If you choose to be religious there are some limitations, everything has limitations. Anyone who wants to blame the rabbis on this issue is simply a fool or in a bad mood

You seem to lack some fundamental knowledge of Jewish law. A beit din is in fact required to preside over a conversion in order for it to work. as for the bureaucratic rabbanut, while their policy is not exactly a halachik one, the power you cite was granted to them by the government. take it up with them

The basic concept here is not of breaking laws-but who civil society has put in place to allow to be the adjudicators of these so-called laws. This is clearly another case why there needs to be a dissolution of the rabbenut and a complete separation between religion and state in Israel. In the 21st century, my identity (nor anyone else's) cannot and should not merely be determined by an anachronistic committee of men who use ritual observance as a guideline on my personal sense of Jewishness.

And Israel continues the slide from democracy into theocracy.