Ultra-Orthodox threaten to bolt goverment if conversion bill endangered

Head of United Torah Judaism faction sneers that Reform Jews ‘wouldn’t get 1,000 votes in an Israeli election’ By Sue Surkes Health Minister Yaakov Litzman attends a conference in Jerusalem, February 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Health Minister Yaakov Litzman on Wednesday threatened to take his party out of the governing coalition if a bill cementing the…