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2 incarcerated men wanted to convert to Judaism. This rabbi helped them do it.

Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp’s unusual efforts to achieve a behind-bars conversion is documented in the podcast “Tales of the Unbound.”

By Andrew Lapin July 18, 2024 10:00 am

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How a small challah-baking business is building Jewish community in Astoria, Queens

With his cottage challah bakery Bread of Idleness, Cody Butler is bringing top-notch Jewish breads and a bit of yiddishkeit to a diverse Western Queens community.

July 26, 2023 1:44 pm

Avitall Gerstetter

Are too many Germans converting to Judaism? The debate is roiling Germany’s Jewish community.

A prominent cantor was dismissed from her synagogue after publishing a column titled, “Why the increasing number of converts is a problem for Judaism.”

September 6, 2022 1:26 pm

Rabbi Stephen Slater talks a lot about God. He credits his Baptist missionary parents.

By Ben Harris May 13, 2021 4:53 pm

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Shortly after I began converting to Judaism, I found myself in a hot tub full of neo-Nazis

By Caleb Guedes-Reed January 25, 2021 2:04 pm

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My rabbis taught me to keep distance from my non-Jewish family. As an adult, I’m learning to love them again.

By Aharon Schrieber December 24, 2020 3:01 pm

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I converted through Reform Judaism. Stop telling me I’m not a Jew.

By Jessy Kuehne October 29, 2020 3:30 pm

Princess Diana’s niece converting to Judaism before marriage to fashion tycoon

By Marcy Oster February 16, 2020 12:03 pm

Church of England says centuries of Christian anti-Semitism led to the Holocaust

By Marcy Oster November 25, 2019 2:28 pm

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Is your synagogue neglecting the newly and non-religious?

By Kylie Ora Lobell September 24, 2019 2:50 pm

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