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Category Archives: Conversion
‘René and Juan Carlos set out to convert their Colombian megachurch to Orthodox Judaism. This is what happened.’
Essay: With its decaying two-story homes and grazing cows, Bello looks like just another sleepy suburb of Medellín, Colombia. Thirty years ago, though, it was known as la capital de los sicarios, the capital of the assassins. Pablo Escobar, the … Continue reading
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This Is It!
Many would-be converts to Judaism think Judaism is it! Then they convert and their enthusiasm dies out. It’s like a man chasing a hot woman. Once he gets her he wants something else… FFB friend: “If only you had the … Continue reading
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Jewish Converts Changed The Roman Catholic Attitude To Jews
You can understand why the Church had suspicion of conversos. Many Jewish converts to Christianity around the time of the Reformation pushed the humanist approach to religion. That approach is safer for Jews. Even when they convert to another religion, … Continue reading
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IVANKA TRUMP AND DOUBLE STANDARDS FOR JEWISH CONVERTS
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Don’t expect converting to Orthodox Judaism will be easy. Don’t expect becoming Jewish to be easy. It’s a challenging life. If you want love and acceptance without judgment, convert … Continue reading
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How a Chinese became a Hasidic Jew – Conversion to Judaism
Published on Dec 1, 2015: What brings a young man born in modern, communist China to move to Israel and convert to Judaism? In a black hat and suit, Aaron Waldman talks about his long search for the truth and … Continue reading
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Catholics should not try to convert Jews, Vatican says
How are Christians going to get excited about their religion unless they feel a mandate to convert the world? I suspect that Christians who feel a mandate to convert the world are more excited about their religion than Christians who … Continue reading
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Are we slut-shaming Jenna Jameson and should we stop?
Mayim Bialik writes: I keep getting asked about former adult film star Jenna Jameson’s new reality show – not because I know a lot about Jameson, or her profession, but because the show chronicles her conversion to Judaism. Jenna Jameson … Continue reading
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NYP: My dad Howard Stern put me off dating men
New York Post: A couple of blocks away from the Upper West Side home of radio’s king of raunch, Howard Stern, his Torah-scholar daughter sits in her ankle-length skirt and recites a blessing. Emily Stern, 32, couldn’t have a life … Continue reading
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Summary: Women will find a way to complain.
You are only going to be asked your conversion story if people are interested. The opposite of interested is uninterested. Would this writer prefer that Jews had no interest in her? Emily writes: So I told and I told and … Continue reading
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Conversion, Attachment & Addiction
In my experience, most converts to Orthodox Judaism are unconsciously trying to fill a hole in their soul, fill up a deep sense of emptiness stemming from a lack of attachment (aka an unhappy childhood) and that without deep inner … Continue reading
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