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DNA test kits spark a surge of online conversions to Judaism in the U.S.
As DNA tests become more common, people who "feel" Jewish are discovering hidden ancestry and converting through American ...
Something strange is going on in Judaism … But first, some background. The Bible presents Abraham as the first religious missionary: according to Genesis ...
MONTEREY, Calif., July 3 (JTA) — The new Reform guidelines for converts to Judaism will have little effect on the many Reform rabbis who already employ many of the traditional practices suggested. The ...
Sofia Richie has converted to Judaism ahead of her wedding to music producer Elliot Grainge. Ivanka Trump and Karlie Kloss both converted when they married Jared and Josh Kushner, respectively. Here ...
The Biblical Book of Esther tells us to celebrate the defeat of Haman and his Jew hating followers: “…celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar as a time when Jews got ...
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 ...
JTA is reporting about the diverse pathways that new Jews take today. A stereotypical convert to Judaism in contemporary history has been a single person marrying into a Jewish family. But that is ...
This 2021 photo provided by Haim Parag shows David Ben-Avraham at a supermarket in the Israeli town of Beit Shamesh, where he briefly worked, in Jerusalem. Ben-Avraham, a Palestinian who was born a ...
Richie announced her engagement to music executive Elliot Grainge in April 2022. At that time, the two had been dating for about a year. Recently, Richie revealed that she’s made the decision to ...
In Hulu’s The Patient, Steve Carell’s character Alan Strauss and his wife Beth practiced a Liberal or “Reform” Judaism. They raised their children, Shoshana and Ezra, in this religion. Beth was a ...
President Donald Trump put a spotlight on his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner during his Oct. 13 speech to the Knesset, Israel's parliament. The president traveled to the Middle ...
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