Rufeisen v. Minister of the Interior explained

The Israeli Supreme Court case Rufeisen v. Minister of the Interior 16 PD 2428 (1962) determined Who is a Jew for the purposes of the Law of Return; specifically, it determined that Oswald Rufeisen, Jewish by birth but a convert to Catholicism, was an apostate and did not qualify as a Jew for the Law of Return.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Landau, Asher Felix . Selected Judgments of the Supreme Court of Israel . 1971-01-01 . Transaction Publishers . 978-1-4128-3386-8 . en.
2. Maor . Nicole . April 2022 . "Who is a Convert?" – The Law of Return and the Legality of Reform and Conservative Conversions in Israel . Israel Studies . 27 . 2 . 24–40 . 10.2979/israelstudies.27.2.04 . 1527-201X. subscription .