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The landmark decision was passed by 9 votes to 2. The Orthodox were outraged, with their spokesmen saying the decision would divide the Jewish people by creating a situation in which certain Israelis would be recognized as Jewish by the state, but not by many of their fellow Israelis, especially for the purposes of marriage. The ultra-Orthodox Shas party immediately submitted a bill that would effectively circumvent the court's decision by requiring all Israeli conversions to be approved by the Chief Rabbinate. High Court: All converts must be called Jews in ID cards (21/2/02) Commentary Recognizing Reform conversions (22/02/02) Jewry's demographic balance sheet (20/02/02) Analysis Shas gears up to put the brakes on conversion ruling 21/2/02 Conscription, conversion and the courts (20/02/02) Background Supreme Court to rule today on major religion-and-state issues 20/02/02) Court decision reignites 'who is a Jew' issue (20/02/02) Most of the immigrants don't want to convert 21/02/02) Converting the truth to convert the child 13/02/02) Reform reformer (24/01/02) A seal of approval for intermarriage? (20/12/01) News | Friday Magazine | Week's End | Business | Editorial | Anglo File | Editorial & Op-Ed | Features | Sports | Art & Leisure Books | Letters | Food & Wine | Cartoon | | Print Edition | In-depth | Archive | About Ha'aretz | Tech Support © Copyright 2002 Ha`aretz...