The Jewish Monk Israel Said No To

Oswald Rufeisen, born Jewish in Poland, became a wartime resistance fighter who saved Jewish lives before hiding in a convent and converting to Catholicism as Brother Daniel. After the war, he still dreamed of living in Israel, but the new state refused him citizenship under the Law of Return. His Supreme Court case forced Israel to confront a difficult question about identity, belonging, and who truly counts as part of the Jewish people.

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