There is a lot of criticism against Aryeh Deri for pushing through the reversal of the conversion law and the transferring of the system of dayanim back to the PMO from the Justice Ministry, as had been agreed upon during the coalition negotiations. The criticism is also against those who support Deri and these new laws, and those who just did not make a big deal out of it.
Apparently, nobody who supports Deri's action on this, as well as those who don't actively oppose it, don't care about the state of Judaism. They don't care about converts. They are not interested. They are happy to be mean to potential converts, to chase them away.
Nobody holds the monopoly on caring about Judaism and/or converts. Just because someone does something differently it does not mean they do not care, but they have a different solution, maybe taking into account different factors.
Maybe Aryeh Deri does not care about converts and Judaism. Maybe all he cares about is jobs and power for his friends and relatives.
Or maybe Aryeh Deri also does care about Judaism. Maybe Aryeh Deri does care about converts. Maybe he just has a different way about solving the issues.
I have no problem disagreeing with Aryeh Deri's methods - I am definitely no fan of his, or the methods of anybody else for that matter. I just do not think the criticism is fair, claiming he does not care about Judaism or converts just because he does not agree with the solutions of those critics. I would posit that he does care but just does not agree with the other solutions (such as the law passed by Elazar Stern and Yair Lapid) and believes his own solutions are better.
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