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A-G opposes law restricting use of Jewish ritual baths
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAttorney General Avichai Mandelblit says he will oppose new legislation to ban non-Orthodox Jews from using public mikvehs (ritual baths) in Israel.
The new bill, which this week passed its first Knesset reading, states that the country’s mikvehs will only be allowed to operate according to the instructions of Israel’s Orthodox Chief Rabbinate. It is designed to override a February Supreme Court decision mandating public mikvehs be open to non-Orthodox Jews undergoing conversion.
The legislation, says Mandelblit, “violates the right to religious freedom, human dignity and equality.”
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