[Mrs. Don-o]

Thank you for this answer. I really don’t know much about it. I thought that the immigration rules in Israel were made by a board of Orthodox Rabbis, who (it seems to me) would be guided exclusively by halacha. But perhaps they themselves are in violation? It seems strange.

[Eleutheria5]

Rabbis have nothing to do with the running of the state, which is by a cabal of anti-religious socialistic liars, no matter who gets elected. And the religious parties have never had a majority. This year, they’re not even in the government, other than Bennett’s semi-religious party.

[SJackson]

I'm open to correction on this, but I don't think the religious establishment has anything to do with it. As I understand the law, based in large part on the Reich, if you're "eligible" to be persecuted as a Jew, based on ancestry not faith, you can immigrate. If you've taken (and acknowledge) another faith, no, you can't, since you're not open to persecution as a Jew. Which is alive in 2013.

Not as much a religion thing as a persecution thing. I don't think Rabbis are involved at all.