Anything above 2500 is considered suspect under orthodox antitrust law.
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"I want everyone to pray according to Orthodox Jewish religious law, but I don't interfere, " he told Israel's Army Radio.
One-third or more of the 800, 000-odd immigrants from the ex-Soviet Union are not considered fully Jewish under the Orthodox interpretation of Jewish law which is the law of the land in matters of personal status.
Small religious parties seek greater social spending for their constituents, while a party representing secular Russian Jews focuses on undermining a law exempting ultra-Orthodox Israelis from military service.
But most of the Igbo who practice Judaism were not born to a Jewish mother and have not converted according to halakhah, Jewish law, so many Orthodox Jews would not recognize them.
As a quid pro quo, the new law would have cemented the Orthodox monopoly over conversion.
He has also demanded reform of a law under which ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students can defer their military service.
The law is based on the Orthodox definition of a Jew as someone born of a Jewish mother or converted to Judaism.
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However, its leader, popular former TV presenter Yair Lapid, has demanded reform of a law under which ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students can defer their military service.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday, following Kadima's announcement, that in the absence of an alternative law, drafting of ultra-Orthodox men will be extended starting next month.
The two men formed a pact in coalition talks and got commitments to a new draft law that will compel more ultra-Orthodox men to perform national military service or other civilian duties.
During the drawn-out coalition talks, Mr Lapid and Mr Bennett formed a pact and got commitments to a new draft law that will compel more ultra-Orthodox men to perform national military service or other civilian duties.
Correspondents say the dispute over the wall has become a symbol of the greater tensions in Israeli society between ultra-Orthodox Jews, who abide by a very strict interpretation of Jewish law, and more modern elements of Judaism.
Mr Sharansky's position is particularly exposed because he is the minister of the interior, and thus the man who must defend in court the entrenched Orthodox monopoly on determining who is to be registered as Jewish under the law.
The ultra-Orthodox Shas party is likely to resist any change to Israel's draft law, and the pro-settlements Jewish Home party will likely resist attempts to restart talks with the current Palestinian leadership.
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