Presence

ADDeRabbi posted a letter from the RCA announcing concessions reached between the RCA and Israeli Rabbanut.

What appears to be good news:

1. It was also agreed that all conversions, authorized from the Rabbinical Council of America in the past, and as such, previously accepted by the Chief Rabbinate, will continue to be recognized by the Chief Rabbinate.

2. Until the recommendations of the Joint Commission will be accepted and put in place, all conversions currently under way or shortly upcoming, that will have been authorized by the Rabbinical Council of America will be similarly recognized by the Chief Rabbinate.

I find the statement that "...all conversions, authorized from the Rabbinical Council of America in the past, and as such, previously accepted by the Chief Rabbinate" somewhat strange, 'cause wasn't the Rabbanut's denial of a marriage license to an RCA convert what got this whole brohaha started in the first place?