Rabbis making it harder for Israeli immigrants to prove they’re Jewish

A study recently released warns that over the next two decades, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens from the former Soviet Union or of Ethiopian descent may need to validate their Judaism.

ACTIVISTS TAKE part in a demonstration in Jerusalem in July against legislation that would have strengthened the Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly over conversion in Israel

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

ByMARCY OSTER/JTA

JULY 25, 2019 03:30

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A study recently released warns that over the next two decades, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens from the former Soviet Union or of Ethiopian descent may need to validate their Judaism.

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