Israel’s Supreme Rabbinical Court ruled on Wednesday that the conversions performed on his own by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, a prominent modern Orthodox rabbi from Manhattan, will not be recognized. The ruling by the country’s highest officially recognized religious court upheld a decision made last week by the Petah Tikva District Rabbinical Court, which held that conversions…
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UJA-Federation of New York said the following:
UJA-Federation of New York CEO Eric S. Goldstein issued the following statement today following the ruling today by Israel’s Supreme Rabbinical Court that it does not recognize conversions performed by U.S. Orthodox Rabbi Haskell Lookstein.
“We are deeply saddened by the Supreme Rabbinical Court’s decision to refuse recognition of conversions by Rabbi Lookstein, a revered spiritual leader in our community,” said Eric S. Goldstein, CEO of UJA-Federation of New York. “This egregious decision undermines the authority of all diaspora rabbis, will cause much needless suffering, and further frays the bonds between world Jewry and Israel.”