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From: segs@mhuxv.UUCP (slusky)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Law of Return
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Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 10:13:45 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 20 10:13:45 1984
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With respect to the fuss going on about the religious parties in Israel
demanding that the Law of Return be changed to exclude those converted
by Reform or Conservative rabbis: I thought that this was already how 
it operated and that such a convert would have to figure on going to
mikveh again in Israel if he or she intended to get Israeli citizenship
based on the Law of Return.

In fact, I would have guessed that even if one were converted by an
Orthodox rabbi in the Diaspora, that rather than go through the hassle
of checking up on the conversion and on the rabbi's credentials, a
second trip to the mikveh would be required.

Are they just demanding that current practice be made more explicit in
the law or is my understanding of how things work now all wrong?

				Susan Slusky
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