The majority of the public understands that the price for the uniformity of conversion is low, compared to the importance of preserving the integrity of the people.
"Conversion is a Halachic Concept" High Court (Archive)
Photo:
Gil John
In the book "The State of the Jews, the Summary Stage - Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and President Aharon Barak", published 16 years ago, I claimed that a day would come and he was close to having a heavy battle over the image of the state.
A battle between those for whom Israel is a Jewish state and those who want the state of all its nations.
In their conversion decisions, as in other judgments, Supreme Court justices have demonstrated what most citizens already understand, that they - along with the media and left-wing parties - are waving the miracle of an all-nation state, increasing internal polarization that causes fraternal hatred Familiar from ancient times.
In addition, the ruling is their contribution to the upcoming election campaign, reminiscent of a different kind of contribution from Spokesman Mandelblit from the previous election.
The poet Yehuda Amichai in his poem "The Jews" wrote that "the Jews are not a historical people / and not even an archeological people, the Jews / they are a geological people with fragments / ... / their history should be measured on a different scale of measurement".
Indeed, Jewish existence is a marvel of the world.
We did not return home after a two-thousand-year journey of torment so that foreign workers could go through an expedited conversion process and gain the benefits provided by the Law of Return and thus facilitate coping with the natural growth of the religious and ultra-Orthodox public.
The reformers of the Reform movement in the United States do not stand in line for aliyah, the ruling does not affect them at all. The rabbis of the Reform movement want recognition and for this purpose they are willing to unravel delicate fabrics that enable coexistence within Israeli society
. There is another way to join the people of Israel. Entrance tests sometimes raise a difficult dilemma, especially for those who think a Jew is someone who feels Jewish, or is serving in the IDF.
In their opinion, it is easier to join the Jewish people than to enter a Tel Aviv members' club.
At a conference with Reform Jews in the United States, I was defiantly asked, "Who is a Jew?" My answer was, "Whoever his grandson will be a Jew." The audience in the hall immediately understood the message and calmed down.
There are two issues of principle, which for the future of the people and their integrity must remain in the hands of the rabbinical establishment.
The Gittin and the conversion.
Other issues are also important, but have no existential significance for the future of the people.
Once the issue of conversion is privatized in Israel, the need will arise to return to the days of the Mandate and keep genealogical books.
I am sure that most of the public understands that the price for the uniformity of conversion is low, compared to the importance of maintaining the integrity of the people.
At the same time, the rabbinical establishment must internalize that there is a price to be paid for maintaining the monopoly of conversion.
The period in which we live is wonderful.
The return of Zion has unusual metaphysical and theological meanings.
It's time for us to step out of the excavations of our exile lives into space.
Therefore, in the matter of conversion, the Beit Hillel approach must be followed, which has a significant contribution to the laws of living.
Despite the criticism, it is important to thank the Supreme Court for clarifying what the upcoming election is about.
Image and media consultants engineered consciousness as if it were an election between "only Netanyahu" and "only not Bibi."
The truth is different, the elections are about the future, security and path of the State of Israel.
I hope that there will be a decision in the upcoming elections and that the Knesset will be able to fulfill its responsibility for the future of the nation.
