Conversion is offering a way to keep Jewish life alive in the tiny Jewish communities of the Caribbean and Central America, though not without potential hazards. As more of these communities — some ...

In 12 years of teaching “Introduction to the Jewish Experience” through HaMaqom|The Place in the San Francisco Bay Area, no student had ever asked me that question in those words. This year three ...

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A plan to set up a “School of Jewish Studies” to regu-late procedures of conversion of non-Jews to Judaism is being considered by the Metropolitan Region of the Rabbinical Assembly of America, the ...

In 12 years of teaching “Introduction to the Jewish Experience” through HaMaqom|The Place in the San Francisco Bay Area, no student ever asked me that question in those words. This year three students ...