On July 6, the Renewed Sanhedrin (an unofficial rabbinic body) issued a ruling calling on Israel's Chief Rabbinate and Interior Ministry to recognize Orthodox Bnei Anusim communities from Latin America as a group, facilitate their aliyah, and possibly send conversion courts to the region. The ruling compares the initiative to existing tracks for Bnei Menashe and Ethiopian olim. The report notes that hundreds of thousands of Anusim descendants in South America seek immediate aliyah, and that the issue has been stalled for over a decade.
The Renewed Sanhedrin, an unofficial but influential rabbinic body, issued a ruling on July 6 calling for a major policy shift regarding Bnei Anusim (descendants of Jewish conversos) in Latin America. The ruling urges the Chief Rabbinate and the Interior Ministry to recognize these communities as a group, allow them to immigrate to Israel, and potentially establish conversion courts in the region. The Sanhedrin compared the initiative to the special tracks created for the Bnei Menashe community from India and the Ethiopian Jewish community, both of which underwent mass conversions before aliyah.
According to the report, hundreds of thousands of Anusim descendants in South America wish to make aliyah immediately, but the issue has been stalled for over a decade. The ruling is non-binding but carries symbolic weight, reflecting growing attention to the Anusim phenomenon within Orthodox circles.
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