21.07.2011                      19.Tammus, 5771

Religionsstreit:

Rabbinic ruling on Jewish identity doesn't pass muster at Interior Ministry

Although she is Jewish, Yehudit Weizman, an immigrant from Hungary, and her three children are defined as people with 'no religion.'

Is a person who is Jewish according to Jewish law necessarily considered Jewish by the State of Israel? The Interior Ministry has for years been saying no.
The Population Registry refuses to recognize as Jews people who do not enter the country as Jews, even when a recognized Israeli rabbinic court declares that person Jewish….