Conversion News Roundup

"Ethiopians at the gate" (Haaretz)

Why is Israel suddenly resuming immigration from Ethiopia?

"Jewish school requirements ‘racist,’ British court rules" (Jewish Tribune)

Did Britain decide that Judaism is racist?

"Who is a convert?" (The Forward)

Why Ruth is pretty lucky she's not converting in 2009....

"New Conversion Legislation" (Ynet)

A step forward or a step back?

"The JFS lesson"

Take note-Converts across “denominational” lines sticking together.

"Who’s a rabbi?"

Glad someone's asking!

"Israel’s Politician as Super Woman" (The Forward)

This baby-making machine is making me feel lazy.

"Yisrael Beiteinu seeking radical reform of conversion courts" (Haaretz)

Hopefully, it's radical reform in the right direction....

"The Spanish Inquisiton and Me" (Aish.com)

One Latina Jewess tells the world why becoming a Jew was her greatest act of defiance.

"The Big Rewind" (The New York Times)

Thinks his mother got the idea to convert from the back of a comic book. You'll laugh or cry.

"Convert's marriage retroactively nixed" (The Jerusalem Post)

Now you're married...and now you're not.