The head of the Rabbinical Council of America offers a point-by-point rebuttal of a recent JTA Op-Ed criticizing the RCA’s centralized conversion system known as GPS. NEW YORK (JTA) – In a recent JTA ...

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(JTA) — Let us begin with the facts: Converts whose conversions were conducted according to halachah, or Jewish law, are 100 percent Jewish. In the eyes of God and Torah, they are full Jews, just as ...

Sales of ebikes have exploded recently, and the upward trend is expected to continue for some time. But for those who can't afford the often high price tags of dedicated ebikes, conversion kits offer ...

(JTA) — After facing criticism for its handling of inappropriate behavior by a convert-supervising rabbi who turned out to be a mikvah-peeping voyeur, the country’s main centrist Orthodox rabbinical ...

NEW YORK (JTA) – After facing criticism for its handling of inappropriate behavior by a convert-supervising rabbi who turned out to be a mikvah-peeping voyeur, the US’s main centrist Orthodox ...

It is one of the most dishonest scandals ever to have been fabricated — fashioned falsely out of one of the most horrible scandals ever to have happened truly. By now, all Jews throughout the world ...

JTA — Let us begin with the facts: Converts whose conversions were conducted according to halacha, or Jewish law, are 100 percent Jewish. In the eyes of God and Torah, they are full Jews, just as ...