conversion
Nico Demkin visited the Hoover Dam wearing a kippah and Hanukkah shirt. (Photo provided by Nico Demkin)
February 15, 2024, 11:24 am
Local Jewish conversion students say they are undeterred by post-Oct. 7 tumult
Your people will be my people. Your God will be my God.
By David Rullo
Sukkah (Photo by beth h via Flickr at https://rb.gy/yo9ha)
September 28, 2023, 8:23 pm
The Jewish holiday that reminds me of my conversion
I have the privilege of being uber-Jewish because my complex Jewish experience is inherently filled with lots of navel gazing.
By Winnie Hahn
Imposter Syndrome by Ned Potter, courtesy of flickr.com
February 1, 2023, 3:05 pm
Imposter syndrome and b’nei anusim
‘I know I have legitimate Jewish roots, but I feel like an imposter.’
By Rabbi Barbara Aiello
Rabbi David Lau (CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
December 29, 2021, 9:23 am
Israel’s chief rabbi freezes all conversions to Judaism to protest planned reforms
David Lau tells PM framework being proposed by religious affairs minister will split the Jewish people
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
(Photo by Haley Black via Pexels)
March 1, 2021, 9:06 pm
Israel to grant citizenship to non-Orthodox Jewish converts in Israel
Israeli Supreme Court extends right to citizenship to those who converted under non-Orthodox auspices in Israel.
By Ben Sales
A scene in Iceland (Photo by Rudolf Kirchner via Pexels)
January 27, 2021, 3:29 pm
I found myself in a hot tub full of neo-Nazis Shortly after I began converting
"My conversion to Judaism puts a new target on my back, something I had only briefly considered when working my way through the conversion checklist."
By Caleb A. Guedes-Reed
Alexa Rae Ibarra immersed in the lake at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires to complete her conversion to Judaism. Photo courtesy of Alexa Rae Ibarra via JTA
August 5, 2020, 12:28 pm
They wanted to convert to Judaism, but the mikvahs were closed
They went to Jewish summer camp instead
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
“Gwyndolyn Riddle (center) visited Israel with Rabbi Seth Adelson as part of a Honeymoon Israel trip to the country before converting to Judaism. Photo by Matthew Riddle.”
July 7, 2020, 10:45 am
COVID-19 forces Jewish conversions to adapt to once-in-a-century challenge
Gwyndolyn Riddle's conversion journey has been walked both in person and virtually
By David Rullo
August 28, 2019, 1:22 pm
Stop saying women convert to Judaism just for marriage
Conversion is personal
By Kylie Ora Lobell
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