things not to tell my mother

that it is not yet 9:00 am and I have just returned from schlepping a new set of dishes and pots to the mikvah to toivel them.

[this is not a list] Cry, the Beloved Country

For now, I have no time to add my commentary and disgust, but please read this article at JPost...

Here are some highlights:

the High Rabbinical Court of Israel has declared invalid all conversions performed since 1999 by Rabbi Haim Drukman, the head of the Conversion Authority. ...

a panel of three high court judges ruled that all conversions conducted since 1999 by Rabbi Drukman - who heads the Conversion Authority - and another rabbi, must be declared invalid.

They also ruled that it was permitted to retroactively cancel the conversion of someone who does not observe the Sabbath. ...

On the basis of the ensuing discussion, the judge ruled the woman's conversion invalid, and in consequence, that her children, who were born after her conversion, are not Jewish. ...

The verdict rendered the Jewish status of thousands of converts retroactively invalid, and required them to convert a second time.

April stress brings May excitement!