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“A convert may not hold a position of Jewish communal authority.” (Mishneh Torah, Hilchos Melachim 1:4). The Tzitz Eliezer ruled that a convert may not serve in a lone communal position but he may serve on a communal committee. (Tzitz Eliezer 19:48)