Much has changed since our greatest generation was liberated from Egypt, but the challenges and opportunities that come with being an emancipated mixed multitude remain ours to address. Ours is an age ...

This past New Year’s Eve, I was with my husband, Daniel Lobell, in the living room of our good friend, talking with him about our struggles with Judaism. We were lonely and lost. It felt like I was ...

(JTA) — There was the convert who was barred from a synagogue on Yom Kippur, the Jamaican convert whose boyfriend’s rabbi offered him a coveted synagogue honor if only he’d dump her, the grandmother ...

Sidnie Thomas entering the ocean with her partner, Rabbi Janice to the right, at San Luis Obispo Bay, July 12. Courtesy of Sandra Caplan Community Bet Din The process of converting to Judaism is an ...

Recent events have forced us as a community to take a hard look at the practice of having female converts immerse themselves in a mikveh before a rabbinical court of three men. In the wake of news ...

A new survey that was included in the Rabbinical Council of America’s review offers a first-ever snapshot of who is choosing Orthodox conversion. NEW YORK (JTA) – After facing criticism for its ...

I don’t write often about my work at Shmaya: A Mikveh for Mind, Body, and Soul, on Kibbutz Hannaton, because of the intimate nature of the work. But I am going to tell you about the conversion I ...

”For the Jewish clergy, the issues were different. They loved the gay thing; the interfaith thing was an issue. That was a surprise. Reason #37 on the list of “Why I love Jews” is that when it comes ...

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JTA — Descendants of Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity inaugurated in Brazil what they said is the first ritual bath built for and by people with their history. Members of the Sinagoga ...