Rufeisen v. Minister of the Interior

The Israeli Supreme Court case Rufeisen v. Minister of the Interior 16 PD 2428 (1962) determined Who is a Jew for the purposes of the Law of Return; specifically, it determined that Oswald Rufeisen, Jewish by birth but a convert to Catholicism, was an apostate and did not qualify as a Jew for the Law of Return.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Landau, Asher Felix (1971-01-01). Selected Judgments of the Supreme Court of Israel. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4128-3386-8.
  2. ^ Maor, Nicole (April 2022). ""Who is a Convert?" – The Law of Return and the Legality of Reform and Conservative Conversions in Israel". Israel Studies. 27 (2): 24–40. doi:10.2979/israelstudies.27.2.04. ISSN 1527-201X.


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