(JTA) -- A woman in Boise, Idaho, allegedly harassed and physically attacked her Jewish neighbor in order to convince her to convert to Christianity.
Read MoreEmily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Following the discovery of Washington, D.C. rabbi Barry Freundel’s breach of privacy for spyi
Read MoreBy Mark Dratch NEW YORK (JTA) – In a recent JTA Op-Ed, Rabbis Marc Angel and Avi Weiss made a number of claims about the Rabbinical Council of Amer
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By Avi Weiss and Marc Angel NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Israeli government recently moved to decentralize the conversion system by allowing local courts
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) – The Israeli government has adopted a major reform expected to ease the path to conversion for
Read MoreBy Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) – Tzipporah Laura LaFianza and her family have been living as Orthodox Jews for four years
Read MoreBy Elana Sztokman, JTA World News Service MODIIN, Israel (JTA) -- With the news that Rabbi Barry Freundel, a prominent Orthodox rabbi, has been arr
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By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (This is part of a special report on conversion in America. Read our other pieces about who's converting t
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By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service I understand you’re considering converting to Judaism. Shalom aleichem! What sort of conversion would y
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(JTA) -- Israel's Health Ministry issued a warning declaring that therapies aimed at changing patients from gay to straight are not supported by medic
Read MoreBy Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (This is part of a special JTA report on conversion in America. Read our other pieces about who's converting
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Tuesday night marks the beginning of Shavuot, a holiday at which the story of Ruth, the Moabite convert and considered one of the greatest heroines of
Read MoreBy Carlyn J. Steiner, Special to the Jewish Sound Last July, close to 800 Seattle Jews convened for a “community conversation” on what was called “
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