UPDATE: Rotem Conversion Bill

Thankfully, it looks like the Rotem Bill will not be voted on before the end of this legislative session.  Your letters and the efforts of our leadership made a difference.  But the Rotem Bill is not dead yet.  In all likelihood it will be taken up again when the Knesset reconvenes after the High Holy Days.  Please stay tuned for updates and keep yourself informed on the issue.  United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism has a very helpful page with information about the bill and relevant links.

The situation with regard to the Conversion Bill looks very encouraging. I hesitate to say it is totally and completely off the table for this session only because I know there are still some meetings taking place and I know that MK David Rotem and his allies would attempt to move the bill forward if they saw the slightest chance for success. Your efforts in all of this were extremely important. Through our website link alone we know of 23,000 emails that went to Prime Minister Netanyahu and we understand that the office of the Prime Minister, in total, received in excess of 50,000 emails. I think it looks very good, but we are staying alert. Again, thank you. David H. Lissy Executive Director and CEO Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel

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