Israeli Religious Action Center Wins Major Case
May
2008: The Israel Religious Action Center, the legal arm of Progressive Judaism in Israel, has just won a precedent setting
case in the Israeli Supreme Court. The Court ruled that the State has to provide equal funding for Reform and Conservative
conversion classes.
The implications of such a verdict are huge. This is the first time that the Court has declared
that government funding must be provided to non-Orthodox Jewish religious services in Israel. Such outstanding verdict goes
well beyond the issue of funding for conversion classes, addressing the core issue of religious freedom in Israel.
Read
a letter of appreciation from Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Executive Director, IMPJ
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