Mikveh bill passes second and third readings, to become law
The Knesset has approved the "mikveh bill," which states that reform and conservative religious authorities will not be allowed to use public mikvehs (Jewish ritual baths) as part of the process of religious conversions.
The bill was presented to the Knesset by MK Moshe Gafni (of the United Torah Judaism party), and is meant to circumvent a Supreme Court decision that prohibited the state to discriminate against more liberal streams of Judaism when it comes to public mikvehs run by the state.
