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Analysis by ITIM group reveals that only 188 of 320 of ritual bathhouses in large cities say they comply with a 2016 ruling on the issue

Good Wednesday morning! In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we profile an internship program through the Israeli religious advocacy nonprofit Itim, and feature an opinion piece from Hillel David Rapp. We’ll start with a new Jewish Federations of North...

Interns meet with Israeli rabbis, politicians and activists as they work for Itim, a religious advocacy nonprofit based in Jerusalem

(RNS) — Rights advocates in the country say legislation giving the Knesset more power to overturn Supreme Court decisions will have ‘a devastating impact’ on everything from gender equality, religious freedom and pluralism to the rights of Israel’s Arab minority. 

Yael and Aaron Agpov from Ukraine had tried to convert to Judaism in 2022, but then the war broke out. This, plus Israel's Kafkaesque bureaucracy, thrust them into uncertainty.

Fewer Than 1 Percent of Potential Candidates Chose to Follow the Program in 2022, While Over Half of Those Who Enrolled in the Strictly Orthodox Process Subsequently Dropped Out

The government's Conversion Authority has a long backlog of men waiting for months for a 10-second circumcision inspection to be considered Jewish

More than 100 communities in Israel, 33 in U.S. to focus on mitzvah of loving converts

For the First Time in Israeli History, a Religious Council Is Providing Funding to an LGBT Organization

Fathom Events will present the film Soul Doctor, the Broadway movie-musical about the 'rock star' Rabbi Shlomo Carlbach, and his relationship with the music and civil rights icon Dr. Nina Simone.