This identification of Israel with the Almighty is so profound that Shavuot was transformed into the concept of a spiritual ...

Most of these nonwhite Jews are converts to Judaism; and according to a very recent PhD thesis survey of 55 converts to Judaism in the Los Angeles area by Dr. Stephanie Cubba (one third of whom ...

I can, however, share what little I do know: There are generally four agreed-upon requirements for conversion to Judaism. One, immersion in a Mikveh, or ritual bath. Two, circumcision or symbolic ...

Corey Sheffa, who lives in a small Tennessee city near the Kentucky border, expects to formally convert to Judaism later this year. He wears a yarmulke, keeps kosher, and observes Shabbat.

This Shavuot, read Kelsey Osgood's 'Godstruck,' a reflection on her own unexpected Orthodox conversion to Judaism as well as ...

Exploring the tradition’s built-in disputation—reasoned differences touching on every conceivable subject—I felt that I might have a home in Judaism. The only conversion that would have been ...

“I don’t believe in that,” he said. “You can’t convert to Judaism. You can’t just join the Jewish people. You either are Jewish, or you are not. What — you take a class, and you take ...

(JTA) — When Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp appeared on an episode of the “Judaism Unbound” podcast last year to talk about her new online Jewish conversion class, she didn’t know that two ...

I think I have mentioned in early columns that I am a convert to Judaism, a Jew by Choice. Yes, I have now been Jewish for 50 years. So, I thought I might talk a bit about my conversion to Judaism.

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(JTA) Jasamine Hodge started converting to Judaism eight years ago, but it wasn’t until Oct. 7 that she set a date to finish. As a child and teen, Hodge, 33, who lives in Kansas City, had grown ...