Seelig: Just a little drop – and what it represents
Rachel Seelig reflects on her husband’s conversion to Judaism.
Weinfeld: What Julia Salazar can teach us about what it means to be a Jew
Salazar’s victory should not be particularly controversial. Yet she has become a media sensation not because of her political views, but because of her backstory.
The Guatemalans who sought spirituality and converted to Judaism
A small group of about 30 Guatemalans who are recent converts to Judaism have received some help from Canada to get their community recognized.
Diaspora reacts to Kotel and conversion decisions
Canadian Jews across the denominational spectrum reacted with anger and frustration to two decisions by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government that will give the ultra-Orthodox more power over the Western Wall and conversions.
Do men marrying into Judaism have an easier time integrating?
Jewish men marry non-Jewish women at higher rates than the reverse. But when non-Jewish men marry into Judaism, do they face fewer hurdles integrating into the community?
Converts could bolster Brazilian Jewry: activist
Of Brazil’s 200 million people, about 120,000 are Jews, just .06 per cent of the population. If not augmented and strengthened, its future is unsustainable
Collateral damage in a war between rabbis
Most egregiously, these power games between rabbis play mercilessly with the lives of Jewish people, who are collateral damage, writes Sara Horowitz
In remote Madagascar, a new community chooses to be Jewish
Decades after the Holocaust took the lives of 6 million European Jews, one pocket of the African nation of Madagascar has become a place of Jewish rebirth
Israeli secular court to rule on Orthodox conversions
Non-profit is supporting three converts to Judaism who are suing the Israeli government for the right to have their private Orthodox conversions recognized by state authorities
Zooey Deschanel: the newest member of the tribe
The actress reportedly converted for her husband Jacob Pechenik
