INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CONVERTS
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Sunday, 02 October, 2005

One year after the special rabbinical conversion courts were transferred to
the Prime Minister's Office, a large number of converts (to Judaism) has
been reported. Rabbi Druckman, the director of conversion affairs in the
Prime Minister's Office, reports that one year after Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon authorized him to sign conversion certificates, he has overseen the
issuance of approximately 5,800 certificates, of which approximately 5,360
were in the first nine months of 2005 (as opposed to 3,599 certificates
which were issued in all of 2004).