The conversion outline is underway:
A private member's bill by MK Moshe Tor Paz (Kinley) of the Yesh Atid party is expected to be approved at a cabinet meeting, in which it is proposed to allow city rabbis to establish conversion courts.
"The legal ambiguity surrounding the issue of conversion harms those seeking to convert and leads to various problems," the explanatory memorandum to the law said. "The special conversion courts, which were established by a government decision following the Ne'eman Committee's report, do not constitute a number one solution for all converts, which leads to a reality in which more than 400,000 immigrants and their descendants are not recognized as Jews in Israel." "Local rabbis who hold official positions should be allowed to issue certificates of approval." Contrary to what was published in the outline, this proposal also proposes to allow regional rabbis to establish conversion courts.
"This proposal seeks to give local rabbis the authority to convert, who will receive a certificate of approval recognized in the State of Israel, as was customary throughout Jewish history and the State of Israel until the establishment of the conversion system by government decision. "In addition, this proposal ensures that the district commissioner issues uniform conversion certificates for all bodies involved in conversion, and for the Jewish religious community also for city rabbis who convert as part of their role as local branch of the Jewish religious community."
MK Moshe (Kinley) Tor-Paz Mish Atid,
Alongside MK Tor Paz's proposal, there is another private member's bill by the chairman of the Religious Services Committee, MK Yuli Malenkowski of Yisrael Beiteinu.
Although this is the first step of the conversion outline towards legislation, it should be noted that there are still substantial disagreements between the various parties.
The main disagreements with Minister of Religions Matan Kahana and the "Right" party are over the authority of the Chief Rabbinate on the issue.
The Minister of Religions insists on allowing the chief rabbinate a veto over conversions, while the MKs oppose it.
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