Conversion
Making it official: Inside the Nativ program training IDF soldiers to 'join the tribe'
Nativ began with a Trustee Committee in 1998 and was adopted as a military program in 2000. To date, over 58,000 soldiers have begun the program, and close to 20,000 have completed conversion.
IDF lone soldiers mark bar and bat mitzvah at Western Wall, including some family surprises
Israel’s conversion crisis is becoming an aliyah crisis - opinion
'I never had a bar mitzvah,' lone soldiers from Ethiopia to celebrate at the Western Wall
Former Moscow rabbi says he rebuffed proposal to convert Russians discussed in Epstein recording
The proposal sought to bring converted Russians to Israel as a demographic strategy aimed at preserving Israel's Jewish majority.
Argentinian oleh celebrates his Bar Mitzvah, conversion to Judaism 20 years after making aliyah
Ariel Weintraub, an Argentinian-Israeli who has been living in the country for the past 20 years, decided to fully convert to Judaism after connecting with his Jewish coworkers.
Argentina's Sephardi chief rabbi reaffirms 100-year-old ruling on conversions, sparks controversy
A controversial ruling in Argentina reaffirms a 100-year-old conversion ban, fueling tensions between Orthodox and non-Orthodox movements.
Maduro has claimed Jewish ancestry, here is what is known - explainer
Maduro has cited Sephardic Jewish roots, but his own statements and the public record leave his Jewish status unconfirmed.
Recognized by the rabbinate, Orthodox converts trapped in legal limbo over Israeli citizenship
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: “Why do I have to keep proving myself? Am I a second-class Jew?” said an Orthodox converted Jewish woman in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.
When is it enough?
"But the more I pushed toward Orthodoxy, the more I realized the driving force wasn’t spiritual longing, it was the pressure to satisfy an external standard."
'Choosing to Be Chosen': The path from 'bleak atheism' to Orthodox Judaism - review
In Choosing to Be Chosen: From Being an Atheist Non-Jew to Becoming an Orthodox Jew, Kylie Ora Lobell finds the God she didn’t know she was searching for within a Judaism she didn’t know existed.
Hulu’s ‘The Honorable Shyne’ documents the Jewish rapper’s beef with Diddy, new life as politician
A new doc sheds light on Shyne and where he’s been, including the former rapper’s response to the sex-trafficking scandal from his mentor Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Muslim to Jewish convert, researcher, and activist Khaled Hassan talks Israel - interview
Researcher and activist Khaled Hassan opens up about his journey from Cairo to Judaism and discusses antisemitism, activism, and media bias.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Number of converts to Judaism rising since Oct. 7
Since October 7, Rabbi Rick Jacobs has focused on mobilizing the Reform movement as it rallies behind Israel while also confronting the rising antisemitism in North America
