Conversion to Judaism (Hebrew: גִּיּוּר, romanized: giyur or Hebrew: גֵּרוּת, romanized: gerut) is the process by which non-Jews adopt the Jewish religion...
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Islamic–Jewish relations (redirect from History of conversion from Judaism to Islam)
Dönmeh remain today, primarily in Turkey. Judaism does not proselytize, and often discourages conversion to Judaism; maintaining that all people have a covenant...
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Who is a Jew? (redirect from Judaism as ethnicity)
conversion. Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism accept both matrilineal and patrilineal descent as well as conversion. Karaite Judaism predominantly...
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converted to Judaism. This article does not differentiate between the different branches of Judaism. See also Who is a Jew? on issues related to the acceptance...
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Apostasy in Judaism is the rejection of Judaism and possible conversion to another religion by a Jew. The term apostasy is derived from Ancient Greek:...
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Gerim (redirect from Converts to Judaism)
converted to Judaism and have become "naturalized" Jews according to Jewish Law. A ger acquires a Jewish soul upon the completion of the conversion known...
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necessitates conversion to Judaism to validate one's identity as a Jew in the fullest sense. Matrilineal descent is observed in Orthodox Judaism and Conservative...
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List of Khazar rulers (section Conversion to Judaism)
independent. The famous conversion to Judaism seems to have occurred about this time. The date of the actual conversion to Judaism is a matter of some controversy...
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The ban on conversion to Judaism in Argentina is a boycott based on a judgement issued in 1927 by the Sephardic Rabbi Shaul Seton (Heb') (Aleppo, Syria...
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converts to Judaism. From biblical times through the Middle Ages, exogamy—marriage outside the Jewish community—was common, as was conversion to Judaism. In...
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Messianic Judaism is a syncretic Abrahamic religious sect that combines Christian theology with select elements of Judaism. It considers itself to be a form...
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According to the Talmud, there were 48 prophets and 7 prophetesses of Judaism (Hebrew: נְבִיאִים Nəvīʾīm, Tiberian: Năḇīʾīm, "Prophets", literally "spokespersons")...
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instances of forced conversion to Judaism are unknown. Forced conversion has been forbidden for over 1000 years and forced conversions are considered invalid...
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Conversion to Judaism, religious conversion to Judaism Conversion of the Jews, religious conversion of the Jewish people History of Jewish conversion...
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religions, Judaism has not made strong attempts to convert non-Jews, although formal conversion to Judaism is permitted. Righteousness, according to Jewish...
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Jewish religious movements (redirect from Divisions of Judaism)
Bank . Today, Samaritans must officially undergo a formal conversion to Judaism in order to be considered Jewish. One example is Israeli TV personality...
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The issue of conversion to Judaism and Jewish proselytism in Second Temple Judaism has occupied many scholars from the 19th century to the present day...
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non-binding and only recommended for both sexes. Conversion to Judaism is the religious conversion of non-Jews to become members of the Jewish religion and Jewish...
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Khazars (redirect from Khazar Judaism)
Halevi and Abraham ibn Daud to have converted to Rabbinic Judaism in the 8th century, but the scope of the conversion to Judaism within the Khazar Khanate...
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Putti, Uganda (category Orthodox Judaism in Africa)
villagers of Putti are currently undergoing an Orthodox Jewish conversion to Judaism. Putti is an agrarian village. The community centers around the...
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Christianity began as a movement within Second Temple Judaism and the two religions gradually diverged over the first few centuries of the Christian era...
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Schechter Letter (section The conversion text)
early days after Khazars' conversion to Judaism, some Alanians already practised Judaism, to a degree that Alania came to save Khazaria from its enemies...
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Sages) in Israel, was founded to teach an introductory course on Karaite Judaism. It could lead to a student's conversion by a Beit Din (religious Jewish...
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Conversion (Hebrew: תיב - המרכז הלאומי לזהות וגיור) is a program of the Jewish Agency that helps Israeli Defense Forces soldiers convert to Judaism....
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Giyur Kehalacha (category Conversion to Judaism)
challenge the existing monopoly that the Chief Rabbinate had over conversions to Judaism. These included rabbis Seth Farber, Chuck Davidson and Nahum Rabinovitch...
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Abu Karib (category Converts to Judaism from paganism)
kings to convert to Judaism, the circumstances of his conversion are immersed in myth and legend. Historically, the Himyarite kings had accepted Judaism during...
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Himyarite Kingdom, ruled over South Arabia, whose ruling class converted to Judaism in the fourth century[citation needed] (roughly when official polytheistic...
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prepare for conversion to Judaism. Based primarily in Los Angeles, and throughout the United States, the Miller Program is available to people of any...
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Proactive conversion is a term used to refer to measures by various promoters of Judaism to provide outreach to non-Jews. It is distinguished from proselytizing...
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Jewish secularism (redirect from Secular Judaism)
European secularisation process to some degree. Their diaspora outside Iberia united believing Catholics, returnees to Judaism (on both accounts, rarely fully...
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