Some people who were raised as Jews have left the religion, while some who were raised outside the faith now identify with it. Many others have switched denominations within Judaism – a trend that has seen the Reform movement grow modestly and Conservative Judaism experience a net loss, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.

A beit din of three rabbis represents the most appropriate framework for formalizing conversion. In addition, the use of a beit din can also contribute to a sense of legitimacy as perceived by the prospective convert and it can give the rabbi who has been working with the candidate the opportunity to see the candidate through another set of eyes.

The “birth” of a new Jew through conversion mirrors the process by which the Israelites became God’s people and accepted God’s covenant at Sinai: Circumcision, which male Israelites underwent before leaving Egypt, and immersion, which parallels the ritual cleansing performed by all Israelites at Sinai, are the sine qua non rituals of

No one asked her to convert, but she felt called to Judaism and wanted to give her children a strong Jewish identity. So after a year of study at the biggest synagogue in town, into the mikvah she

Conversion to Judaism means more than simply adopting a new way of relating to God. It requires an identification with the Jewish people, and Jewish peoplehood itself encompasses both Jewish religious practice — the mitzvot, or commandments, that Jews are required by God to do — and a sense of national destiny in which all Jews are responsible one for the other.

^{Akiva and Chava Hart and their six children converted to Judaism on Nov. 5, 2023. Then the married couple got married again in a Jewish ceremony. Photo by Levi Lehman. When LaDerryl Hart went to} Israel's High Court of Justice on Monday, March 1, 2021, ruled that people who convert to Judaism through the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel are to be considered Jewish and entitled

He said that a person with a non-Orthodox conversion who visits an Orthodox synagogue, “does not need to say anything to anybody unless asked.” I asked Rabbi Angel about making a minyan (prayer quorum), because according to the Orthodox take on halakhah (Jewish law), you need 10 Jewish men to make a minyan.

Why is converting to Judaism so hard? The report found that 3,904 Israelis began the process of converting in 2022 by opening files in the national program. They represented fewer than 1 percent of those citizens who could theoretically benefit by being recognized as Jewish by the religious authorities.

The uniqueness and intellectual force of his body of work make it an important and meaningful source regarding the discourse of Jewish identity. In this new book, Levy looks at conversion based on

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In Sholem Asch’s novel “Petersburg,” Madam Kvasnetsova, an interesting Jewish woman who has converted to Christianity, owns a house in St. Petersburg and an inn for Jews who come to the Tell them you’ve been celebrating Jewish holidays with your fiancé’s family. Let your parents know when you’ve signed up for an “Introduction to Judaism” course, and talk to them about what you’re learning and thinking. Then, when you tell them that you’ve decided Judaism is right for you, it won’t come like a bolt out of the blue. Cortes said he understood the suspicion: “I might be a threat, I might be a missionary.”. Eventually, Cortes found Rabbi Andy Green, who had taken up the pulpit at Congregation Or Tzion in .