This is the rabbi that ensures that the convert is acquiring the necessary knowledge and experience to convert to Judaism and will present the convert to the Beit Din (religious court) for approval. The rabbi also serves as a mentor to the convert both before and after conversion, addressing their questions and concerns and serving as a guide
In Brazil, 8,000 Christians have adopted Orthodox Jewish customs — a scholar is trying to figure out why. Brazilian Photo-Op: A partial view of the Devil’s Throat at the Iguazu Falls, from the
The plight of Main Haim underscores the difficulty many converts and would-be converts to Judaism have in Latin America, particularly those who convert as a group or come to Judaism on their own
Judaism has traditionally not been a religion that seeks out converts. Although there is some evidence that conversion was practiced in the Land of Israel in late antiquity, or even that Jewish missionary activity did exist, it has long been common for rabbis to discourage those who show an interest in becoming Jewish.

Chapter 3: Jewish Identity. U.S. Jews see being Jewish as more a matter of ancestry, culture and values than of religious observance. Six-in-ten say, for example, that being Jewish is mainly a matter of culture or ancestry, compared with 15% who say it is mainly a matter of religion. Roughly seven-in-ten say remembering the Holocaust and

A Reform conversion could be kosher, Schonfeld says, if it included mikvah immersion, circumcision and “a serious course of study and commitment to live a Jewish life, join a Jewish community
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