Israel Embroiled In Controversy Over `Religious Councils'.After years of resistance, the Israeli government is under increasing legal and political pressure to place Reform and Conservative Jews Noun 1. Conservative Jew - Jew who keeps some requirements of Mosaic law but adapts others to suit modern circumstances Conservative Judaism - Jews who keep some of the requirements of the Mosaic law but allow for adaptation of other requirements (as some of the on publicly financed religious councils that currently have exclusive Orthodox representation. The Supreme Court of Israel The Supreme Court (Hebrew: בית המשפט העליון, Beit haMishpat ha'Elyon ) is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. It is the highest judicial instance. gave the Religious Affairs Ministry until the end of December to integrate the councils. Meanwhile, Orthodox Jews in Israel and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. are pressuring the ministry to defy the court-imposed deadline. The constitutional crisis was exacerbated by suggestions from some Orthodox politicians that they would support bringing down the government if the religious bodies were forced to have non-Orthodox members. "We don't believe in this pluralism business," Avraham Ravitz, leader of the United Torah Judaism Not to be confused with Union for Traditional Judaism. United Torah Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות התורה המאוחדת, Party, told The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. "Why should we let in the Reform and the Conservative? To us it's like if a Lutheran or a Baptist would go to the Vatican and say, `Hey we're all Christians.' They would be thrown down the steps." |
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