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Category Archives: Conversion
What’s It Like When A Family Member Converts To Judaism?
Is it any different for those left behind if the black sheep had become Catholic or Buddhist or Muslim? Does it feel like a diss of the family? I meet a lot of people who convert to Judaism, but I … Continue reading
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The complex, secret path to becoming an Orthodox Jew
Jewish Journal: Esther lives in the Pico-Robertson area with her Israeli-born husband and three children. She wears long skirts, speaks fluent Hebrew and has mastered the use of a fedora as a head covering when she goes to synagogue. But … Continue reading
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David Suissa: ‘Israeli religious court goes off the deep end’
“Going off the deep end” is one of the things we say when people act differently from what we want. We also say they’re “sick” or “evil” or that they have “betrayed” us. In reality, different people have different interests. … Continue reading
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Who Is a Jew? Maybe Not Woman Converted by Esteemed New York Rabbi
I laugh that the article calls Rabbi Haskel Lookstein “esteemed.” Esteemed by who? Like all major rabbis, he has people who esteem him and people who loathe him. Everything is a matter of perspective. New York Times: JERUSALEM — Critics … Continue reading
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A Conservative Converts To Sufi Islam
Michael van der Galien writes in 2009: Most regular readers of Poligazette will know by now that I’m a Muslim, specially drawn to Sufi Islam (which doesn’t make me very popular among fundamentalists, to put it mildly). Fortunately, any time … Continue reading
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