Despite repeated denials, Haaretz obtained an internal document confirming Israel's top religious institution maintains a list of approved rabbis whose certification of conversion and marriage makes the cut
Monroe converted to Judaism in 1956 prior to her marriage to Jewish-American writer Arthur Miller. The prayer book was previously put up for auction in 2017 and went unsold
'You can't tell American Jews: We want you to come to Israel, but your form of Jewish-religious expression is unacceptable to us,' the Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times columnist tells Israeli weekly Makor Rishon
Ruling comes after Interior Ministry refused to register woman as Jewish because she converted via a rabbinical court that operates outside the framework of the state-sanctioned system, controlled by the Chief Rabbinate
His time at the Agency will probably be remembered more for what he didn’t accomplish than what he did, at the Western Wall and on Israel’s conversion policy
The runway darling is set to marry the brother of Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, but the pair doesn't seem to be fans of the president
At rare Jerusalem gathering, members of disparate streams agree on one thing: The Chief Rabbinate must not lose its monopoly over conversions
Conversion is a controversial issue within the deeply Catholic Filipino community. But the Lopez family hope that by converting they will safeguard the future of their children in Israel
'Do you have special criteria for black converts?' MK asks Interior Ministry at Knesset session on difficulties faced by Jewish converts wanting to move to Israel
Interior Ministry given until end of July to explain why it won’t recognize the Abayudaya community from Uganda, even though the Jewish Agency has