Q&A: MK Pindrus’s Remarks on Conversion in the IDF
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MK Pindrus’s Remarks on Conversion in the IDF
Question
Hello Rabbi — I assume you heard MK Yitzhak Pindrus’s “shiksa speech,” and I wanted to ask, in light of your position on the issue of conversion, whether you accept what he said or think he exaggerated and took the matter too far (in that he sees those converted through the IDF as complete gentiles)?
Answer
I haven’t heard it.
It’s worth seeing an admission by a litigant here:
https://www.srugim.co.il/541784-%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%aa%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%90%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%9b%d7%90%d7%9f-11-%d7%97%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%a4%d7%aa-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%aa%d7%94%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%9a-%d7%94%d7%92%d7%99%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%a9%d7%9c%d7%94