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4000 Conversions Per Year in Israel Since 2000
by Eliezer Rauchberger

At a meeting of the Knesset Immigration and Absorption Committee on 20 Sivan, Director of Rabbinical Courts Eli Ben Dahan reported that about 4000 conversions have been performed annually since the beginning of 2000. This is in contrast to the mere 340 conversions that took place in 1990.

Yosef Rozen, director of the conversion "ulpanim" and head of the division of the Immigration and Absorption Ministry dealing with conversions in the IDF, said that 1000 immigrants from the former Soviet Union have currently registered for conversion, 80% of them women.

Throughout the deliberation, Knesset members and others complained that the conversion "ulpanim" and other conversion facilities are severely under-funded. The Absorption Committee plans to prepare a proposal for increased subsidy of IDF conversion facilities.

MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni said that he plans to check whether people who lack understanding of the conversion issue but seek facile solutions are attempting to achieve their aims by going through the back door. He noted that the startling growth in the number of non-Jews who have been converted since 2000 in contrast to preceding years must be explained.

 

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