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      <title>Opposition MK calls for Netanyahu-led unity government</title>
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      <title>Controversial conversion-reform bill passes major hurdle</title>
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      <title>Israel’s chief rabbi warns he won't approve conversions if Conversion Authority head removed</title>
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      <title>Is Israel’s conversion revolution too little, too late?</title>
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      <title>‘Conversion reforms target very soul of the Jewish people’</title>
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      <title>Religious services minister reveals proposed conversion reforms</title>
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