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"Do we need the amend-
ment?" Meridor asked. "I for
one can do without it. It has
become part of the political
game in Israel. But it is
wrong to judge it in American
Constitutional terms, because
we are talking about Israel,
which is a Jewish state built
on Zionist concepts."
The problem, he contends,
is an American one, not
Israeli. "We don't have
Reform conversion in Israel
. . . and the problem should be
resolved where it was created
— in America."
Rabbi Atlas followed
Meridor with a polished
presentation, affirming that
the Chief Rabbinate serves
all Jews in Israel regardless of
their level of religious com-
mitment. He stated that the
real issue is a single standard
on Jewish conversion to
assure national unity. "Don't
be confused or misled," Rab-
bi Atlas warned. "Every Jew
born of a Jewish mother is a
Jew for life, no matter what
their level of observance." He
said many persons on both
sides of the question have
forgotten that the area of
dispute is only in conversions.
Nava Arad strongly
disagreed. A member of the
Labor Party, Na'amat and the
Israeli Forum, she said Israel
was not created to question
the ancestry of persecuted
Jews coming to her shores.
"Israel's Declaration of In-
dependence says the state
will maintain complete
equality and guarantee
freedom of religion." She at-
tacked the imposition of the
Chief Rabbinate as the sole
spokesman for Judaism in
Israel. "There were no Reform
or Conservative represen-
tatives in 1921, in pre-state
Israel, when the Chief Rabbis
law was passed. How dare
they now say that there
should only be one kind of
Judaism?"
Amending the Law of
Return by adding the words
conversion "according to
Halacha" would bring into
question any convert to
Judaism not converted by an
Orthodox rabbi. Arad believes
the religious issue should be
solved by the rabbis, but that
the Law of Return should be
left alone "so that every Jew
has a home."Rabbi Lookstein,
an Orthodox spokesman,
agreed with her. "This is
primarily an American pro-
blem, and it is time we fixed
it. Otherwise, we are going to
be torn apart no matter what
Israel does.'
Lookstein also separated
the issue of Jewish conversion
and the Law of Return. The
law, he said, has worked well
for 40 years, bringing 1.5
million Jews to Israel. He
strongly admonished the au-
dience: "If it ain't broke, don't
fix it," warning that amen-
ding the law will breach the
loyalty of segments of
Diaspora Jewry toward Israel.
"Israel commands loyalty,"
he said, "because she
represents all (Diaspora Jews)
and repudiates none. Chang-
ing the law will repudiate
many Galut Jews and
diminish their loyalty to
Israel."
He also warned the Council
of Jewish Federations and the
United Jewish Appeal that
their recent efforts to block
the amendment "could be
their downfall."
"If the UJA and the CJF
get involved in religious
politics — the worst kind of
politics," he said, "then some
of their constituencies will be
offended." The CJF passed
resolutions in 1982 and 1986
"How dare they
now say that there
should only be one
kind of Judaism?"
opposing changes in the Law
of Return, and CJF President
Shoshana Cardin led a
delegation to Israel this sum-
mer that lobbied the Knesset
and the government. "I
agreed with what they said,"
Rabbi Lookstein told the
crowded room, "but others
don't. The law should be left
alone, but it is not the CJF
and UJA role to lobby for it."
Lookstein pointed to some
anomalies in the law, but of-
fered few solutions. He said
persecuted Jews from Russia
or Ethiopia can easily enter
Israel, but a converted Jew
from the U.S. who makes
aliyah "through love of
Israel" may not be given the
same consideration "as those
who go because of hate."
He also presented the
"Falwell flaw" to his argu-
ment: If Christian Moral ma-
jority leader Rev. Jerry
Falwell asked to enter Israel
as a Jew, promising to convert
when the Messiah comes,
should he be allowed in under
the Law of Return?
Lookstein admitted that his
example was extreme, but it
helped to illustrate the pro-
blems. In summary, he ad-
vocated leaving the law as it
stands. "It helps us avoid the
unaswerable," he said.
More than a dozen rabbinic
members of the audience lin-
ed up to ask questions at the
end of the formal presenta-
tions. The makeup of the
panel was criticized by some
because no Reform or Conser-