May 29, 1970 • Page Image 1
…JERUSALEM (JTA)—A new battle loomed in the government over the perennial issue of state support for the religious establishment. Minister of Justice Yaacov Shimshon Shapiro, of the Labor Party, made it clear to his National Religious Party colleague, Interior Minister Moshe Shapiro, that the government would not defend in court the NRP's insistance that conversions by Reform rabbis cannot be recognized in Israel. There was pressure for the NR...…

















































