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Judaism is among the seminal religions of the world, and is the first known monotheistic religion (in which only one god is worshiped). It preceded Islam in tracing its shared roots back to Abraham, a patriarch of the Torah, the holiest...
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Two years past my official conversion to Judaism, I am informed, by a stranger who’s taken notice of the religious symbol around my neck, that Baptists here in Hall County, Georgia are good friends to Israel. Her church took a tour in Jerusalem, and their Jewish guide was so nice. Don’t I just love Bibi? […]
Rabbis say they have received more calls from people who want to convert to Judaism after Oct. 7 and amid rising antisemitism.
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A new survey by the Pew Center found that a growing number of Jews identify as nonreligious and are marrying non-Jews. And despite the shift in religious affiliation, the vast majority say they are proud to be Jewish.
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Shavuot, which occurs seven weeks after Passover, celebrates the Israelites’ acceptance of the Torah from Mount Sinai. This year, the holiday begins the evening of Saturday, June 8th. On the second day of this ancient pilgrimage holiday, it’s customary to read the Book of Ruth. Why? Because the protagonist of the story is the first biblical […]
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Mayyim Hayyim, a nondenominational mikvah in Newton, Mass., has been the site of some 2,200 conversion immersions since it opened in 2004. (Tom Kates)
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On a Friday evening in March of 1999, I was called to the Torah at a synagogue in Manhattan and ...
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This Summer I'm sharing a series of videos all about converting to Judaism and I'm kicking it off with this first episode all about HOW to convert to Judaism...
When I first tell people I converted to Judaism, there is, initially, surprise (I use enough Yiddish to fool anyone into thinking I attended Hebrew school) and then something else, something like… worry?My social circles skew nonreligious, and any spiritually-inclined friends tend towards the occult; usually, the worry is that they have unwittingly said something […]
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As my children were attending the Peninsula Temple Sholom preschool, I became very curious about Judaism and how to build a Jewish life for my family. My husband clearly identifies as a Jew, but had...
Conversion is a route for some interfaith families.
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Ivi Chin, 35, from London, has spent the last three years converting to Orthodox Judaism in order to marry her partner. During the process, she has studied and lived by Jewish law.
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In some of the photographs that make up Manon Ouimet’s series “My Name Is Maya,” the everyday objects of Jewish ritual take on an unearthly, transcendent quality. Two coppery yads (Torah pointers) gleam against total blackness as their fingers touch. Exactly 613 pomegranate seeds are arranged in lines on a white background to resemble a […]
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Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp's unusual efforts to achieve a behind-bars conversion is documented in the podcast “Tales of the Unbound.”
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Kelly was one of those non-Jewish girls I’d always envied — the ones who seemed to know where every cool party was and dressed with an urban flair. So it took me by surprise when, one day last year, she excitedly told me that she was converting to Judaism. I knew she loved “Jewy” things....
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Charlotte Harry's wedding from Sex and the City
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