Karaite Judaism: Difference between revisions

In the early 1950s, the [[Israel]]i [[Chief Rabbinate]] originally objected to the immigration of Karaite Jews to Israel, and unsuccessfully tried to obstruct it. In 2007, however, Rabbi David Ḥayim Chelouche, the chief rabbi of Netayana was quoted in ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'' as saying, "A Karaite is a Jew. We accept them as Jews and every one of them who wishes to come back [to mainstream Judaism] we accept back. There was once a question about whether Karaites needed to undergo a token circumcision in order to switch to rabbinic Judaism, but the rabbinate agrees that today that is not necessary."<ref>Freeman, Joshua. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1281738481.html?dids=1281738481:1281738481&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+22%2C+2007&author=JOSHUA+FREEMAN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=14&desc=Laying+down+the+(Oral)+law "Laying down the (Oral) law"]. ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', May 22, 2007, p. 14.</ref>

 

 

In Israel, the Karaite Jewish leadership is directed by a group called Universal Karaite Judaism. Most of the members of its Board of Ḥakhamim are of Egyptian Jewish descent.