As Israel gets richer, people around the world decide to become Jewish.<\/p>\n
Forward<\/a>: More than 100 men and women converted to Judaism in Madagascar this month, a historic first for the large island nation off the southeast coast of Africa. As Israel gets richer, people around the world decide to become Jewish. Forward: More than 100 men and women converted to Judaism in Madagascar this month, a historic first for the large island nation off the southeast coast of Africa. … Continue reading
\nThe May 13 conversions, organized by Kulanu, a volunteer-run American nonprofit founded in the 1990s to support \u201cisolated and emerging Jewish communities\u201d worldwide, was the product of years of planning.
\n\u201cOur task is to create a new community that is part of world Jewry in this unlikely place,\u201d Kulanu posted on its website during a weeklong trip centered on the conversion. \u201cOur hope,\u201d the group continued, is for the community to \u201cbecome part of the fabric of the world Jewish community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"