Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
Law of Return: Implementation
Adopted by the CCAR at the 99th Annual Convention of
the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Jerusalem, Israel, March, 1988
WHEREAS, following legal proceedings initiated by the Israel Movement for Progressive
Judaism, the Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that all converts to Judaism must be
registered upon application as Jews under the Law of Return, and
WHEREAS since 1984 no Reform or Conservative converts to Judaism have been so registered,
despite repeated requests,
THEREFORE does the Central Conference of American Rabbis call upon the leaders of
the Government of Israel to continue to make certain that the laws of the State,
and the rulings of its Supreme Court, are duly and faithfully implemented.