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Israel will accept you for making aliyah with any conversion (or none, if you have even a small amount of Jewish blood). Being a "real Jew" in the eyes of Israe
by fusiongyro 10y ago
Israel will accept you for making aliyah with any conversion (or none, if you have even a small amount of Jewish blood). Being a "real Jew" in the eyes of Israel may have some cachet for someone... but I don't know anybody who made a decision about which movement to convert in on that basis. I also doubt seriously that the Orthodox movement experiences more conversion than the other movements. It's smaller than either the Reform or Conservative movements.
- redsummer 10y ago"In Israel, only Orthodox conversions are recognized" http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/10/10/445343896/in-israel-a-new-battle-over-who-qualifies-as-jewish http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/10/10/445343896/i...
- fusiongyro 10y agoFor making aliyah, you do not have to have an Orthodox conversion. This issue really only comes up for marriage. And of course, Israel has (in their typical fashion) chosen the solution guaranteed to annoy the most people.
- redsummer 10y agoThat's the theory, but not the practice: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.771725 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.771725