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Har HaMenuchot cemetery, Jerusalem

Israel owes David Ben Avraham a Jewish burial

By JPOST EDITORIAL

The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives

Rabbis call for convert killed by IDF to be buried in a Jewish cemetery

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli security forces at the scene of a suspected terror attack near Elazar, in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, on March 21, 2024.

IDF probes soldiers for mistakenly killing Palestinian convert to Judaism

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

A rabbi holds an eight-day-old baby during a circumcision ceremony in Brussels, August 20, 2009.

Conversion crisis: Israeli gov't circumcision tender delay leaves 100 in 'torture'

By MICHAEL STARR

President of the Supreme Court of Israel Esther Hayut and all fifteen justices assemble to hear petitions against the reasonableness standard law in the High Court in Jerusalem, on Tuesday, September 12, 2023.

Israeli public ready for relaxation of conversion laws

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Taysir "Tass" Abu Saada

Thousands of Gazans will become Christian, Palestinian Evangelical predicts

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

TRAINING MATERIAL for missionaries on how to convince Jews to accept ‘salvation’ through Jesus

Uncovering Christian missionary efforts: What's the price of support during war?

By ATARA BECK

President of the Supreme Court of Israel Esther Hayut and all fifteen justices assemble to hear petitions against the reasonableness standard law in the High Court in Jerusalem, on Tuesday, September 12, 2023.

Israel's High Court recognizes non-orthodox conversions for citizenship

Alina Falahati, 21, who was murdered on October 7 and buried 'outside the fence' due to her halachic status (she had not completed the conversion process to Judaism.)

Israelis killed on October 7 denied Jewish burials due to halachic status

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Tattoo artist Kat Von D poses at the premiere of "Jackass 3D" at Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California October 13, 2010. The movie opens in the U.S. on October 15.

Accused antisemite Kat Von D renounces witchcraft, converts to Christianity

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Amar'e Stoudemire, 2009.

Phoenix Suns will retire Amar'e Stoudemire's number

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Beit din religous court 311

Converting to Judaism: Is it good for the Jews? - opinion

By ADAM MINTZ , JONATHAN LEENER , AVRAM MLOTEK

A view of Mount Etna, Europe's highest and most active volcano, crater of Sud-Est on the island of Sicily, Italy, June 11, 2022.

Sicily’s Jews have their first rabbi in 500 years, but aren't accepted

By DAVID I. KLEIN/JTA

A MARCH from Ramat Gan to Bnei Brak in protest of the haredi community’s monetary demands for the upcoming budget, last month.

'Being a Nation State': Evolution of Israel's Jewish, democratic balance - review

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER

FOR MANY converts, the original impetus was not actually a Jewish partner. Pictured: Huppa in Cape Town, 1979.

Shavuot: 7 things converts can teach us about Judaism

By RAPHAEL SHUCHAT

THE AGPOV family with ITIM head Rabbi Seth Farber (L) after receiving Israeli citizenship at the Netanya Interior Ministry offices.

Ukrainians trying to convert to Judaism in Israel face Kafkaesque trials

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Yael Schoultz founded a group called L'Chaim, which counsels and supports sex workers.

Condoms and tikkun olam: An Orthodox woman strives to aid sex workers in Prague

By DINAH SPRITZER/JTA

THEN-JEWISH AGENCY CHAIRMAN Natan Sharansky speaks at a protest held outside the Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem, in 2016. The signs read ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ and ‘Judaism without coercion.’

Editor's Notes: Love the convert