(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 listeners would ...

I thought the need for this conversation would have disappeared. Like, a few decades ago. I cannot believe I have to say this. Again. But, here goes. The other day, I was talking to someone about a ...

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Written in this way, these headlines — and the articles that follow — perpetuate the idea that people, especially women, convert to Judaism in order to get married. This framing puts conversion on the ...

In 12 years of teaching “Introduction to the Jewish Experience” through HaMaqom|The Place in the San Francisco Bay Area, no student had ever asked me that question in those words. This year three ...

A prominent cantor was dismissed from her synagogue after publishing a column titled, “Why the increasing number of converts is a problem for Judaism.” BERLIN (JTA) – Jews in Germany have been shaken ...

In a recent essay on the Jewish feminist site Alma, a young woman explained that she had converted to Judaism while maintaining her atheist beliefs. Abby Jo Morris grew up an evangelical Christian.

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