Beyond the Western Wall compromise, the Reform rabbis say things still are changing. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled last month that the country’s mikvahs (ritual pools) must accept all converts to Judaism, even those who have undergone non-Orthodox conversions outside the country.
The rabbis also point to their invitation to a parliamentary committee during their convention last week. Centrist party lawmakers and a few others showered them with gratitude and praise.
Levin’s statements were “from a denial and a misunderstanding and an ignorance about the importance of the powerful contribution that you make to relations between the two countries,” Zionist Union MK Nachman Shai told a packed auditorium of women and men wearing rainbow-colored skullcaps.