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American Converts To Judaism Are More Diverse

And although most Jews share a common gene pool, they are becoming more diverse because any non-Jew who converts to Judaism will be recognized as being Jewish by all those rabbis who share a ...
The Forward

2 incarcerated men wanted to convert to Judaism. This rabbi helped them do it.

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — When ...

Man who rammed car into Brooklyn Chabad headquarters hoped to convert to Judaism: father

The man caught on video ramming his car into the entrance of the Chabad World Headquarters in Brooklyn was trying to convert ...
The Forward

The part of the Hanukkah story we ignore — and why it matters to converts like me

Converts to Judaism are often treated as rare exceptions — surprised looks, intrusive questions, comments like “who’s the lucky girl.” Yet conversion is no anomaly. It is now more common than at any ...
New York Post

Viral sensation ‘Non-Jewish Nanny’ converts — and says the Oct. 7 massacre made her want to convert even more: ‘Even stronger connection’

She may be an official Jewish Nanny now — but she’s no Fran Drescher. Adriana Fernandez, a Floridian who attended private Christian school growing up with almost no exposure to Judaism, became a ...