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Date: 07-27-2006Reprinted news article describing the historical background to the Israeli Supreme Court decision to recognize non-Orthodox conversions for legal, though not religious, reasons.
Date: 07-26-2006Opinion piece from Terry Elkes, president of the Jewish Outreach Institute, about the importance of interfaith families’ support in insuring the continued safety of Israel.
Date: 07-27-2006News article on Israel’s Chief Rabbi’s decision not to recognize most conversions done in the U.S.--including Orthodox conversions.
Date: 11-30-2006Reprinted book review of Leon Uris’ Exodus, describing the new relevency of the old classic, given the situation in Israel today.
Date: 11-27-2006Reprinted news article about the Israeli film scene, and the Israeli-Arab collaborative pieces that come out of the Israeli government-funded studios.
Date: 07-27-2006Reprinted news article about the debate over whether three Israeli victims of suicide bombings could be buried in Jewish city cemeteries, since they did not haveJewish mothers.
Date: 07-26-2006Reprinted editorial from the Forward editors about the long-awaited decision by Israeli officials to recognize Reform and Conservative conversions.
Date: 11-30-2006Reprinted personal narrative from the daughter of an interfaith family--her dad is Saudi while her mom is Eastern European Jewish--and her unique Arab-Jewish-American perspective on Israel and Arab-Israeli relations.
Date: 07-27-2006Reprinted news article about the reasoning behind Israel’s decision to only recognize Orthodox conversions, and examples of some of the problems that decision causes.
Date: 07-26-2006
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