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…Sephardic Chief Rabbi Supports Plan to Ease Conversions in Israel JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi Itzhak Nissim on Monday called for the creation of a special "bet din"—rabbinical tribunal — to devote itself exclusively to the handling of conversion cases. Rabbi Nissim's statement was the first public response from the rabbinate to the cabinet decision to investigate ways to speed up the conversion process. It presently takes a...…















































