Finding Mount Sinai in Montana
As Shavuos approaches, a yom tov where we read the remarkable story of Ruth the convert, we present…
Read moreAmerican Jews and the Disengagement I read with interest the debate between Rabbi Emanuel Feldman and Rabbi Yosef Blau (“Did American Orthodox Jews Forsake Their Israeli Brethren?,” winter 2005),… 0
Serving as the voice and representative of hundreds of thousands of Orthodox Jews is a responsibility that I take very seriously. I am troubled by organization leaders who make political statements… 0
Some years ago, Ahuvah Gray found herself in a kosher restaurant in Johannesburg, entertaining some two hundred girls from the local Jewish high school with her conversion story. 0
In 1993, nearly twenty years after Shoshana Zakar converted to Judaism, she found out she wasn’t Jewish. Zakar had innocently posted a question to an online Jewish discussion group. The responses… 0
As Shavuos approaches, a yom tov when we read the remarkable story of Ruth the convert, we present a series of articles on modern-day converts and their fascinating journeys to Judaism. He served as a… 4
As Rabbi Natan Gamedze likes to tell it, his path to self-discovery—his transformation from prince to rabbi—was paved with chance encounters, mystical experiences, strange signs and guideposts, all… 2
American Jews and the Disengagement I read with interest the debate…
Serving as the voice and representative of hundreds of thousands of…
Some years ago, Ahuvah Gray found herself in a kosher restaurant in…