Category Archives: Conversion

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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