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In this March 19, 2017 photo, Ezra Perez, 3, is handed a kippah at a synagogue in Bogota, Colombia. Ezra is among a group of Venezuelan Jewish converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. The protracted fight over the so-called “Venezuela Nine” underscores the fierce debate in a divided Israeli society over who is a Jew and how a religion that doesn’t proselytize like Christianity or Islam embraces an increasing number of converts, especially from Latin America, who have found their way to Judaism outside traditional paths like marrying someone of the faith. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

In this March 19, 2017 photo, Ezra Perez, 3, is handed a kippah at a synagogue in Bogota, Colombia. Ezra is among a group of Venezuelan Jewish converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. The protracted fight over the so-called “Venezuela Nine” underscores the fierce debate in a divided Israeli society over who is a Jew and how a religion that doesn’t proselytize like Christianity or Islam embraces an increasing number of converts, especially from Latin America, who have found their way to Judaism outside traditional paths like marrying someone of the faith. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

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