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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

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews perform a brit mila in the ultra-orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on November 9, 2014

Converting to Judaism in Israel is nearly impossible - ITIM report

122 SOLDIERS graduating from the Nativ military conversion program celebrate at the Kotel, May 2022.

Nativ: Helping IDF lone soldiers become halachically Jewish

By LIANE GRUNBERG WAKABAYASHI

Country Music Association Awards - Arrivals - Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., 14/11/2018 - Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie's daughter converts to Judaism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Scenes from the movie "Sefarad" about the Portuguese Dreyfus.

Porto Jews push to posthumously reinstate 'Portuguese Dreyfus' into army

TWELVE TRIBES mosaic (Middle candelabrum modified).

The Lost Tribes of Israel: Who are their descendants today?

By TROY O. FRITZHAND

ARYE DERI is escorted outside his home in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Go away: Arye Deri should quit Israeli politics forever and stay home - opinion

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

The building of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel is located in Jerualem.

Mainstream religious Zionist rabbi appointed head of Conversion Authority