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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman during a press conference about the coronavirus at the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem on March 8, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The recent unanimous High Court decision recognizing Conservative/Masorti and Reform conversions performed in Israel, for citizenship under the Law of Return, has created quite a stir. Truth be told, the significance of the decision will not be reflected in a mad rush by the masses to join the Jewish people. We in the Masorti movement will continue to respect our Zionist state as both democratic and pluralistic. Conversion is not simply intended to be a way to obtain a “Green Card” enabling one to live in Israel. The process is serious. The doors are open to those who adopt Jewish history as their own and who tie their fate to that of the Jewish people.