'Rabbinical Center of Europe to Rabbi Lau: The conversion plan will increase assimilation, fight back!

December 31, 2021   

In light of the Chief Rabbi and President of the Great Rabbinical Court, Rabbi David Lau's firm opposition to the conversion plan promoted by the Israeli government, the members of the presidency and the Council of Rabbis of the Rabbinical Center of Europe, who represent and serve as rabbis in hundreds of Jewish communities across the European continent, are issuing a letter of support - and asking the Chief Rabbi to "continue to stand firm against attempts to undermine the sanctity of the House of Israel.". Are you crazy? Is your child unprotected? One in every 150 children who contracted the virus was hospitalized Disaster in Bnei Brak: A 3-year-old toddler pulled the boiling pot that was placed on the gas stove in the kitchen In their letter, the members of the Presidency and the Council of European Rabbis write: "We strengthen the hand of His Eminence the Torah Shlita in his stand in Peretz against futile attempts at far-reaching changes in the field of conversion. "We, as judges and rabbis serving in European courts and communities, stand in amazement and wonder at the deliberate intent to harm the status of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, especially in the field of immigration, when we are already standing and working tirelessly against many loopholes in the system of conversions in Europe that are being carried out by unscrupulous individuals." The European rabbis declare and express their opinion in the clearest possible way: "We announce our firm opinion that a change and introduction of a reform in the field of immigration will result in a mass production of improper conversion procedures in European communities, and this will, God forbid, increase the phenomenon of assimilation, which is still in a very grim state today." [Gallery] They appeal to the Chief Rabbi to continue to stand firm against the serious attempts to create loopholes that threaten the existence of Jewish communities around the world. "Therefore, we appeal with a sincere request from the bottom of our hearts to His Eminence, that he will persevere in his firm protection for our sake and for the sake of the Jewish communities In Europe, with a determined and firm stand for the purity of the vineyard of the House of God in the land and in the world." The letter is signed by the greatest rabbis in the most central countries and cities across the European continent, in Eastern and Western countries, who together represent hundreds of Jewish communities in the Diaspora.