Editing Mihu Yehudi (section)

== The Knesset's Response and Legislative Amendment ==
The Supreme Court ruling created a storm in the Knesset and government, and it was decided to legally define who is a Jew. The National Religious Party (Mafdal) sought to legislate the definition that had been practiced until then in the Interior Ministry guidelines, which aligned with halacha, while some in the ruling Mapai party opposed this. As a compromise, the following wording was established: "One who was born to a Jewish mother or has converted, and is not a member of another religion" - omitting the words "converted according to halacha." Justice Minister Yaakov Shimshon Shapira from Mapai explained the omission: "We know there are Liberals, Conservatives, and Reform of all types and kinds who perform conversions. Therefore, I don't want to establish halachot and am not authorized to establish halachot, so we say that whoever comes with a conversion certificate from any Jewish community, as long as they are not a member of another religion, will be accepted as Jewish."

It was also agreed as part of the compromise to add the "grandchild clause," which would allow non-Jews who are grandchildren of an assimilated Jew to make aliyah.