If she joins Yesh Atid, it would be the fifth time Livni jumped from a sinking ship.
By JTA
The bill would take power away from the Haredi Chief Rabbis but but does not authorize non-orthodox conversions.
By JTA
See also: Brave New Nation: 30 New Rabbinical Courts to Process Conversions. A bill that would allow local rabbis to oversee conversions will be introduced to the parliament after passing a Knesset committee. Under the measure advanced Sunday by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, a city rabbi could convene a beit din, or rabbinical court, […]