I know Jewish people are granted some special right to visit the state of Israel, and some companies organize free tours for Jewish born or living outside.

But does that apply only for people ethnically Jewish that come from Jewish families? Or also applies to new converts to Judaism?

Like, not literally converting tomorrow and demand a free vacation to Israel, but like, converting and in a few years wait and see if they offer me a free vacation to the country to visit the most iconic places of Judaism?

How does that works?

edit: I’m a hispanic atheist with no Jewish family that I know of, and I’m not interested on joining any religion, this is just a hypothetical case.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    People aren’t machines, if your conversion was genuine and you built up relationships in your local community you’d probably get a chance - but if you show up saying “LOL, I’m technically Jewish. Where’s my free vacation” you’ll probably not.

    There’s a surprising amount of freeish stuff out there if you’re willing to work for it.