11.03.2011                      05.Adar ll, 5771

Vorhaben:

Plan to register converts for marriage bypasses rabbis

The state is proposing solutions for converts who wish to marry but are rejected by stringent marriage registrars, by circumventing, but not removing, such rabbis.

The state is proposing solutions for converts who wish to marry but are rejected by stringent marriage registrars, by circumventing, but not removing, such rabbis.
In an answer to the High Court of Justice, submitted on Wednesday, the State Attorney’s Office reiterated and expanded its position as initially set forth last September: that four regional rabbis appointed by the Chief Rabbinate would have the capacity to function as marriage registrars for converts from anywhere in the country….