Entries Tagged as 'Giyur'

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Skinhead Puts on Skullcap

“When Pawel looks into the mirror, he can still sometimes see a neo-Nazi skinhead staring back, the man he was before he covered his shaved head with a skullcap, traded his fascist ideology for the Torah and renounced violence and hatred in favor of God. “ moreNYTimes.com

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Lubavitcher Rebbe on How Gerim Had a Jewish Spark Before Conversion

via Dixie Yid

Friday, September 5th, 2008

The Truth About RCA Geirus

“Let us sort through the myths and the facts.         Myth: The Jewish Week headlined its report “RCA Seen as Caving in on Conversions” (to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel). That headline is a contemptible untruth. Having served from its inception on the GPS Committee that formulated the standards, I can […]

Friday, July 4th, 2008

“Geirus Furor Renews Assessment of Rabbi Goren’s Psak” Matzav.com

“Rabbi Goren, who had just recently been elected Chief Rabbi, was personally called in for a private meeting by Prime Minister Golda Meir and ordered to come up with the politically correct psak. In an unprecedented procedure, which involved breaking all the procedural regulations of the rabbinate itself, Goren invalidated the Supreme Rabbinical Court’s […]