Rabbi Elyashiv approves conversion compromise, allowing UTJ to join gov't
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Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the spiritual leader of the Lithuanian stream of ultra-Orthodox Judaism, approved a compromise regarding the matter of conversion that will pave the United Torah Judaism party's way into Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
Ynet has learned that UTJ Knesset members left the rabbis home Monday afternoon, after receiving a green light to sign a coalition deal with Likud. (Ronen Medzini)
