30.06.2011                      28.Siwan, 5771                      Jom Kippur Katan

Knesset:

New Knesset caucus aims to ease way toward conversion

Conversion Caucus will work to prevent "big tragedy" of a society that’s neither Jewish nor gentile.

The Conversion Caucus was launched at the Knesset on Wednesday, to unite parliamentary and NGO forces and help “prevent the big tragedy here” of the nascent society of Israelis who are neither Jewish, nor Christian nor Muslim, but rather FSU immigrants with Jewish origins though not Jews according to Halacha, as caucus head MK Nachman Shai said.
The caucus will help allocate public funds to conversion institutes, work on appointing rabbinic judges, and promote relevant legislation….