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| | If Rabbi's Not on List, You Can't Say 'I Do' | The Jewish Exponent |
 | | The woman had converted to Judaism, and despite the fact that the rabbi who converted her in the United States was himself Orthodox, he didn't appear on the Israeli Chief Rabbinate's short list of approved foreign rabbis. |
 | | And so, recalled Rabbi Seth Farber, himself an Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Israeli rabbinate, the couple elected to be married in Israel by an Orthodox rabbi - but not a member of the rabbinate. |
 | | As such, hundreds of Orthodox rabbis from outside Israel didn't seek a spot on the list because they knew that their certification by the Beth Din of America, which is associated with the RCA, would suffice. |
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