Three men walk into a mikveh

In recent years, the Israeli 'state conversion system' has occasioned much controversy. Rabbis, state officials, scholars, social activists and, to a lesser extent: converts themselves, have participated with very divergent ideological investments in debates about the shortcomings and cracks in the system. As a convert who experienced this system herself, I attempt herein to offer a different perspective on some aspects of these debates.
Disgust and Injury Not long ago, Rabbi Bernard 'Barry' Freundel, a rabbi from Washington D.C., lost his job. Found to have clandestinely peered at female converts while they were preparing [...]