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After three years in Israel, Reform convert told she can’t make aliyah

JL;DR SUMMARY Isabella Vinci, a Reform convert to Judaism, faces challenges in making aliyah to Israel due to her conversion being completed online during the COVID-19 pandemic and perceived insufficient community involvement post-conversion. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityReform JudaismCovid 19ImmigrationAliyahConversionLaw Of ReturnNon Orthodox JudaismDiaspora Israel Relations

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Vinci, 31, had to leave behind the life she had built in Tel Aviv and move back to the United States."
Netanya, Central District, Israel
"At Amit Amital School in Netanya, Isabella Vinci taught English as part of a Masa program, November 2022."
New York, United States
"A beit din, or rabbinic court, had approved her conversion after nearly a year of study with Rabbi Andrue Kahn at Temple Emanu-El, a Reform congregation in New York."
Florida, United States
"spending early years in Florida and most of her childhood in Omaha, Neb."
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
"spending early years in Florida and most of her childhood in Omaha, Neb."
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
"She took a legal-assistant job in Kansas City and is scraping together fees to file a court petition."

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