The Western Wall in Jerusalem. Photo: Wikicommons. In a potential major change to Israel’s often precarious balance between religion and state, the government’s Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday approved a proposed law that would grant authority to municipal rabbis to perform conversions to Judaism, Israeli news site Walla reported . The law, which would end the Rabbinate’s monopoly on conversions, has been the object of intense controversy and opposition from many religious figures and the Haredi community, which dominates the Rabbinate. Another controversial aspect of the proposed law is that it would accept conversions to Judaism by non-Orthodox dominations...
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