List of Approved Beth Dins
This is a list of approved Beth Dins by the Israeli Chief Rabbi Office.
Conversion (Giyur)
Recognized Rabbinical Courts for ConversionThe following is a list of rabbinical courts or rabbis who head rabbinical courts whose conversions are recognized by the Israeli Chief Rabbi's office.
Take note! The list changes from time to time and therefore it is important that you check the status of the rabbinical court you turn to before you begin the process.
For information call ITIM at 1-700-500-507 (if dialed from Israel) or (+) 972-2-648-2205 (if dialed from abroad)
***This site has updates that are not on the state's website.
Australia | Belgium | Canada | France | Germany | Italy | Netherlands | Poland | Russia | South Africa | United Kingdom | United States| Conversion in Latin America
Australia
Melbourne
Melbourne Beit Din
(+)613-9525-5186
[email protected]
http://www.cosv.org.au/gsqp.php?gsap=bethdin
Sydney
Sydney Beth Din
[email protected]
http://www.bethdin.org.au/
Rabbi Moshe Gutnick
(+)612-9365-2933
Rabbi Yehoram Ulman
[email protected]
tel numbers
612 9365 2777
612 9300 6279
61414 770 250 ( cell )
1317 853 8014
Belgium
Antwerp
Rabbinical Court Machzikei HaDaas
Rabbi Eliyahu Sternbuch
Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss
(+)32-3-233-5567
Rabbi David Leiberman
Rabbi J. Cohen
(+)32-3-226-0438
Canada
Montreal
RCA - Conversion Programme
Administrator: Eddie Shostak – with special approval on a case by case basis.
(+)1-514-482-4252
[email protected]
www.geirutmontreal.org
Rabbi Yonasan Binyomin Weiss
Beth Din of Montreal
Tel: 514-739-6363 ext. 202
Fax: 514-739-7024
[email protected]
Toronto
Rabbi Asher Vale
(+)1-416-789-3213
[email protected]
Vancouver
Beis Din of Vancouver
(+)1-604-738-7060
France
Paris
Rabbi Yaacov Medar
(+)33-1-4082-2650
Rabbi Mordechai Rotenberg
(+)33-1-4277-8151
Strasbourg
Rabbi Shmuel Schlesinger
(+)33-3-8836-2745
Rabbi Mordechai Zekbach
(+)33-3-8860-3618
Lyon
Rabbi Yichye Tubol
(+)33-4-7284-6620
Germany
Frankfurt
Rabbi Mencahem Klein
49-69-75-1138(+)
[email protected]
Berlin
Rabbi Y. Ehrenberg
(+)49-30-211-2273
(In association with a Beth-Din from Israel)
Köln
Beit Din of the organization of Orthodox Rabbis in Germany
Roonstrasse 50 50674 Köln
49-221-921560-20 (+)
49-221-921560-19 (+) (Fax)
Italy
Rome
Chief Rabbi Elihu Toaff
Rabbino Alberto A. Piatteli
(+)390-6-68400651
Milano
Rabbi Josef Laras
(+)390-2-48593560
Email: [email protected]
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag
[resides in Brooklyn, NY, USA]
(+)1-718-258-5596
Poland
In Poland, currently there are no Orthodox conversions and no rabbinical courts for conversion.
However, many rabbis support and counsel those interested in conversion (on a case by case basis) and guide them throughout the process. The conversion itself is performed by a foreign rabbinical court or by rabbis from Israel sent by the Israeli Rabbinate for this purpose.
Anyone in Poland interested in conversion can contact the Chief Rabbi’s Office, Rabbi Michael Shudrich:
(+)48-226-241484
The Polish Jewish community's website is: http://www.jewish.org.pl/
Russia
Moscow
Rabbi Pinchas Goldshmidt
(+)7-495-623-4788
(+)7-495-940-5557
Rabbi Berel Lazar
(+)7-495-602-6747
South Africa
Johannesburg
Rabbi Moshe Kurtstag
http://www.uos.co.za/bethDin/
United Kingdom
London
Beit Din of London
(+)44-208-343-6270
Dayan E. Padwa
(+)44-208-806-8103
Rabbi Y.Lichtenstein
Federation of Synagogues
(+)44-208-202-2263
Manchester
Rabbi G. Krauss
(+)44-161-740-9711
Leeds
Rabbi Y. Refson
(+)44-113-269-6902
United States
Beth Din of America / Rabbinical Council of America
Rabbi Michoel Zylberman
(+)1-212 -807-9000, extension 3
[email protected]
http://www.judaismconversion.org/
Participating Batei Din: http://www.judaismconversion.org/batei.din.html
California
Los Angeles
Rabbinical Council of California
Rabbi Avrohom Union
(+)1-213-389-3382 ,extension 131
Email: [email protected]
www.rccvaad.org/beth-conversion.html
Rabbi Avraham Teichman
Telephone: (+)1-323-9390298
Fax: (+)1-323-9333686
Rabbi Shmuel Ohana
(+) 1-818-216-5730 Direct Line
(+) 1-818-901-1598 Office Telephone
(+) 1-818-901-1759 Office Fax
Florida
Miami
South Florida Beit Din for Conversion
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
561-394-0394
[email protected]
Miami Beach
Rabbi David Lehrfield
(+)1-786-942-1711
[email protected]
Georgia
Atlanta
Rabbi Ilan D. Feldman
(+)1-404-633-0551
South-East Regional Beth Din for Conversion
Rabbi Adam Starr
(+)1-404-315-1417
[email protected]
Illinois
Chicago
Beth Din Zedek of Chicago Rabbinical Council
(+)1-773-465-3900
[email protected]
Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwarz
Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst
(+)1-773-539-4241
Massachusetts
Boston
Rabbi Avraham Yosef Pollak Hacohen
Vaad Harabonim of Massachusetts
(+)1-617-426-2139
Michigan
Detroit
Rabbi I.M. Levin
(+)1-248-557-6680
Missouri
St. Louis
Rabbi Sholom Rivkin
(+)1-314-569-2770
New Jersey
Teaneck
Bet Din of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky
(+)1-201-287-9292
Elizabeth
Rabbi Eliezer Teitz
(+)1-908-355-4850
New York
Manhattan
Manhattan Beth Din for Conversions
Rabbi Zvi Romm
[email protected]
Rabbinical Alliance of America
Rabbi Hershel Kurzrock
(+)1-212-242-6420
Brooklyn
Beth Din of Agudath Harabbonim
Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag
(+)1-718-258-5596
Queens
Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Haim
Sepharadic Beth Din of Queens
Rabbi Menachem Zilber
(+)1-718-384-6765
Monsey
Rabbi S.J. Landesman
(+)1-914-356-5379
Ohio
Cleveland
Rabbi Grananstein
Rabbi David Zlatin
(+)1-216-595-1299
[email protected]
Cincinnati
Beth Din of Cincinnati
Rabbi Hanan Balk
(+)1-513-531-6654
[email protected]
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Rabbi A. Brisman
(+)1-215-722-0239
Pittsburgh
Vaad HaRabbanim of Greater Pittsburgh
Rabbi Langer
Rabbi Moishe Mayer Vogel
(+)1-412-421-0111
[email protected]
Washington
Seattle
Va'ad Harabanim of Greater Seattle
Rabbi Moshe Kletenik
(+)1-206-721-0970
[email protected]
Washington D.C.
Conversion Court of Washington D.C.
Rabbi Barry Freundel
(+)1-202-333-2337
Washington D.C.
[email protected]
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Rabbi Menachem Senderovic
(+)1-414-873-4398
Conversion in Latin America:
There are at present no recognized rabbinic conversion courts and no Orthodox conversions in any Latin American country. Residents of Latin America who wish to convert do so before a rabbinic court in the United States, or – if the convert is eligible for aliya status – in Israel.
The rabbis of Latin America listed below are known to support potential converts (on a case by case basis), and can guide them through the entire process.
Brazil
Rabbi Binyamin Zagury, Rio de Janeiro
Rabbi Meir Fuksman, Sau Paulo
Mexico
Rabbi Abraham Palti, Mexico City
Rabbi Oren Duvdevani, Mexico City
Rabbi Shay Freundlich, Mexico City
Rabbi Itzhak Fruber, Mexico City
Peru
Rabbi Itay Meushar, Lima
Portugal
Rabbi Eliezer Di Martino, Lisbon
Spain
Rabbi Moshe Bendahan, Madrid
Uruguay
Rabbi Michael Rubinstein, Montevideo
Conversion (Giyur)
Recognized Rabbinical Courts for ConversionThe following is a list of rabbinical courts or rabbis who head rabbinical courts whose conversions are recognized by the Israeli Chief Rabbi's office.
Take note! The list changes from time to time and therefore it is important that you check the status of the rabbinical court you turn to before you begin the process.
For information call ITIM at 1-700-500-507 (if dialed from Israel) or (+) 972-2-648-2205 (if dialed from abroad)
***This site has updates that are not on the state's website.
Australia | Belgium | Canada | France | Germany | Italy | Netherlands | Poland | Russia | South Africa | United Kingdom | United States| Conversion in Latin America
Australia
Melbourne
Melbourne Beit Din
(+)613-9525-5186
[email protected]
http://www.cosv.org.au/gsqp.php?gsap=bethdin
Sydney
Sydney Beth Din
[email protected]
http://www.bethdin.org.au/
Rabbi Moshe Gutnick
(+)612-9365-2933
Rabbi Yehoram Ulman
[email protected]
tel numbers
612 9365 2777
612 9300 6279
61414 770 250 ( cell )
1317 853 8014
Belgium
Antwerp
Rabbinical Court Machzikei HaDaas
Rabbi Eliyahu Sternbuch
Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss
(+)32-3-233-5567
Rabbi David Leiberman
Rabbi J. Cohen
(+)32-3-226-0438
Canada
Montreal
RCA - Conversion Programme
Administrator: Eddie Shostak – with special approval on a case by case basis.
(+)1-514-482-4252
[email protected]
www.geirutmontreal.org
Rabbi Yonasan Binyomin Weiss
Beth Din of Montreal
Tel: 514-739-6363 ext. 202
Fax: 514-739-7024
[email protected]
Toronto
Rabbi Asher Vale
(+)1-416-789-3213
[email protected]
Vancouver
Beis Din of Vancouver
(+)1-604-738-7060
France
Paris
Rabbi Yaacov Medar
(+)33-1-4082-2650
Rabbi Mordechai Rotenberg
(+)33-1-4277-8151
Strasbourg
Rabbi Shmuel Schlesinger
(+)33-3-8836-2745
Rabbi Mordechai Zekbach
(+)33-3-8860-3618
Lyon
Rabbi Yichye Tubol
(+)33-4-7284-6620
Germany
Frankfurt
Rabbi Mencahem Klein
49-69-75-1138(+)
[email protected]
Berlin
Rabbi Y. Ehrenberg
(+)49-30-211-2273
(In association with a Beth-Din from Israel)
Köln
Beit Din of the organization of Orthodox Rabbis in Germany
Roonstrasse 50 50674 Köln
49-221-921560-20 (+)
49-221-921560-19 (+) (Fax)
Italy
Rome
Chief Rabbi Elihu Toaff
Rabbino Alberto A. Piatteli
(+)390-6-68400651
Milano
Rabbi Josef Laras
(+)390-2-48593560
Email: [email protected]
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag
[resides in Brooklyn, NY, USA]
(+)1-718-258-5596
Poland
In Poland, currently there are no Orthodox conversions and no rabbinical courts for conversion.
However, many rabbis support and counsel those interested in conversion (on a case by case basis) and guide them throughout the process. The conversion itself is performed by a foreign rabbinical court or by rabbis from Israel sent by the Israeli Rabbinate for this purpose.
Anyone in Poland interested in conversion can contact the Chief Rabbi’s Office, Rabbi Michael Shudrich:
(+)48-226-241484
The Polish Jewish community's website is: http://www.jewish.org.pl/
Russia
Moscow
Rabbi Pinchas Goldshmidt
(+)7-495-623-4788
(+)7-495-940-5557
Rabbi Berel Lazar
(+)7-495-602-6747
South Africa
Johannesburg
Rabbi Moshe Kurtstag
http://www.uos.co.za/bethDin/
United Kingdom
London
Beit Din of London
(+)44-208-343-6270
Dayan E. Padwa
(+)44-208-806-8103
Rabbi Y.Lichtenstein
Federation of Synagogues
(+)44-208-202-2263
Manchester
Rabbi G. Krauss
(+)44-161-740-9711
Leeds
Rabbi Y. Refson
(+)44-113-269-6902
United States
Beth Din of America / Rabbinical Council of America
Rabbi Michoel Zylberman
(+)1-212 -807-9000, extension 3
[email protected]
http://www.judaismconversion.org/
Participating Batei Din: http://www.judaismconversion.org/batei.din.html
California
Los Angeles
Rabbinical Council of California
Rabbi Avrohom Union
(+)1-213-389-3382 ,extension 131
Email: [email protected]
www.rccvaad.org/beth-conversion.html
Rabbi Avraham Teichman
Telephone: (+)1-323-9390298
Fax: (+)1-323-9333686
Rabbi Shmuel Ohana
(+) 1-818-216-5730 Direct Line
(+) 1-818-901-1598 Office Telephone
(+) 1-818-901-1759 Office Fax
Florida
Miami
South Florida Beit Din for Conversion
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
561-394-0394
[email protected]
Miami Beach
Rabbi David Lehrfield
(+)1-786-942-1711
[email protected]
Georgia
Atlanta
Rabbi Ilan D. Feldman
(+)1-404-633-0551
South-East Regional Beth Din for Conversion
Rabbi Adam Starr
(+)1-404-315-1417
[email protected]
Illinois
Chicago
Beth Din Zedek of Chicago Rabbinical Council
(+)1-773-465-3900
[email protected]
Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwarz
Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst
(+)1-773-539-4241
Massachusetts
Boston
Rabbi Avraham Yosef Pollak Hacohen
Vaad Harabonim of Massachusetts
(+)1-617-426-2139
Michigan
Detroit
Rabbi I.M. Levin
(+)1-248-557-6680
Missouri
St. Louis
Rabbi Sholom Rivkin
(+)1-314-569-2770
New Jersey
Teaneck
Bet Din of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky
(+)1-201-287-9292
Elizabeth
Rabbi Eliezer Teitz
(+)1-908-355-4850
New York
Manhattan
Manhattan Beth Din for Conversions
Rabbi Zvi Romm
[email protected]
Rabbinical Alliance of America
Rabbi Hershel Kurzrock
(+)1-212-242-6420
Brooklyn
Beth Din of Agudath Harabbonim
Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag
(+)1-718-258-5596
Queens
Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Haim
Sepharadic Beth Din of Queens
Rabbi Menachem Zilber
(+)1-718-384-6765
Monsey
Rabbi S.J. Landesman
(+)1-914-356-5379
Ohio
Cleveland
Rabbi Grananstein
Rabbi David Zlatin
(+)1-216-595-1299
[email protected]
Cincinnati
Beth Din of Cincinnati
Rabbi Hanan Balk
(+)1-513-531-6654
[email protected]
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Rabbi A. Brisman
(+)1-215-722-0239
Pittsburgh
Vaad HaRabbanim of Greater Pittsburgh
Rabbi Langer
Rabbi Moishe Mayer Vogel
(+)1-412-421-0111
[email protected]
Washington
Seattle
Va'ad Harabanim of Greater Seattle
Rabbi Moshe Kletenik
(+)1-206-721-0970
[email protected]
Washington D.C.
Conversion Court of Washington D.C.
Rabbi Barry Freundel
(+)1-202-333-2337
Washington D.C.
[email protected]
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Rabbi Menachem Senderovic
(+)1-414-873-4398
Conversion in Latin America:
There are at present no recognized rabbinic conversion courts and no Orthodox conversions in any Latin American country. Residents of Latin America who wish to convert do so before a rabbinic court in the United States, or – if the convert is eligible for aliya status – in Israel.
The rabbis of Latin America listed below are known to support potential converts (on a case by case basis), and can guide them through the entire process.
Brazil
Rabbi Binyamin Zagury, Rio de Janeiro
Rabbi Meir Fuksman, Sau Paulo
Mexico
Rabbi Abraham Palti, Mexico City
Rabbi Oren Duvdevani, Mexico City
Rabbi Shay Freundlich, Mexico City
Rabbi Itzhak Fruber, Mexico City
Peru
Rabbi Itay Meushar, Lima
Portugal
Rabbi Eliezer Di Martino, Lisbon
Spain
Rabbi Moshe Bendahan, Madrid
Uruguay
Rabbi Michael Rubinstein, Montevideo