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Israel Court
Reviews Jewish
Convert Cases

Jerusalem (JTA) — The
High Court of Justice began
reviewing cases of converts to
Judaism whose status is
challenged by the Orthodox
religious establishment. Last
week, the justices started
their review with the case of
Shoshana Miller, an immi-
grant from the United States
who was converted to
Judaism by a Reform rabbi in
Colorado.
The Orthodox-controlled In-
terior Ministry refused to
register her as Jewish, and
when the High Court ordered
the ministry to issue Miller a
Jewish ID card, Interior
Minister Yitzhak Peretz of
the Shas party resigned
rather than comply.
Miller returned to the
United States without reg-
istering. In the interim, two
more converts, Varella and
Gail Moskowitz, appealed to
the High Court and their
registration as Jews was
ordered.
But Shas and the National
Religious Party subsequently
counterappealed and ob-
tained injunctions freezing
the registrations of Reform
converts.
In discussions before the
High Court, Willi Arad of the
state attorney's office argued
that the ruling in the Miller
case was based on an assump-
tion. "If a person declares
that he is Jewish by law, he
should be registered as such
unless there is evidence to the
contrary," Arad said.
The review has elicited con-
siderably public interest in
Israel, but the matter could
become moot if the new
Knesset, as part of a
coalition-building negotia-
tions, passes a new law that
would disqualify any conver-
sion not done according to
Halachah before the High
Court rules.

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