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  2. List of converts to Christianity from Judaism - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of notable converts to Christianity from Judaism after the split of Judaism and Christianity. Christianity originated as a movement within Judaism that believed in Jesus as the Messiah. The earliest Christians were Jews or ...

  3. Conversions of Jews to Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Those remaining practicing Jews were expelled by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella in the Alhambra Decree in 1492, following the Catholic Reconquest of Spain. As a result of the Alhambra Decree and persecution in prior years, over 200,000 Jews converted to Catholicism and between 40,000 and 100,000 were expelled. [5]

  4. Hebrew Catholics - Wikipedia

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    Hebrew Catholics (Hebrew: עברים קתולים Ivrím Katolím) are a movement of Jews who have converted to Catholicism, and Catholics of non-Jewish origin, who choose to keep Mosaic traditions in light of Catholic doctrine. The phrase was coined by Father Elias Friedman (1987), who was himself a converted Jew.

  5. Category : Converts to Roman Catholicism from Judaism

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    Pages in category "Converts to Roman Catholicism from Judaism" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 270 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Catholic Church and Judaism - Wikipedia

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    So interfaith marriages are seen as an 'opportunity' to start a positive dialogue [about faith] with the non-Catholic spouse, rather than an occasion to convert him or her." Francis has frequently stated that Catholics should not try to convert Jews. [38] Intermarriage of Jews is rare in Israel and among the Orthodox. [39]

  7. List of converts from Judaism - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of people who have converted from Judaism. Bahá'í Faith; Christianity; Hinduism; Islam; ... Jews for Jesus; Messianic Judaism; Off the derech (OTD ...

  8. Oswald Rufeisen - Wikipedia

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    Oswald Rufeisen (1922–1998), religious name Daniel Maria, was a Polish-born Jew who survived the Nazi Germany invasion of his homeland, in the course of which he converted to Christianity, becoming a Catholic and a friar of the Discalced Carmelites. He sought Israeli citizenship under the Israeli Law of Return, but was refused. However, he ...

  9. History of the Jews in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Today the vast majority of Jewish Texans are descendants of Ashkenazi Jews, those from central and eastern Europe whose families arrived in Texas after the Civil War or later. [1] Organized Judaism in Texas began in Galveston with the establishment of Texas' first Jewish cemetery in 1852. By 1856 the first organized Jewish services were being ...