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Avraham Sinai – Lebanese member of Hezbollah who had an Orthodox conversion and lives as a Haredi Jew in Tsfat. [116] Ayman Subah (now known as Dor Shachar) – Palestinian Arab from Khan Yunis, Gaza who fled to Israel and converted to Judaism. [117] Baruch Mizrahi – Palestinian Arab and member of the Irgun. [118]
Talmudic opinions on converts are numerous; some positive, some negative. A quote from the Talmud labels the convert "hard on Israel as a scab". Many interpretations explain this quote as meaning converts can be unobservant and lead Jews to be unobservant or converts can be so observant that born Jews feel ashamed. [72]
Israeli Jews or Jewish Israelis ... Bnei Menashe—As of 2015, over 3,000 Bnei Menashe converts to Judaism have immigrated to Israel since the 1980s.
Non-Jews who converted to Judaism (known as gerim). The denomination or congregation of Judaism they joined is not specified. The denomination or congregation of Judaism they joined is not specified. Contents
In Israel, all Jews are defined as ethnic Jews, regardless if the individual was born Jewish or converted. [61] [62] Race, much like ethnicity, is not a concept found in traditional Judaism. The concept of a Jewish race is one that emerged in the 19th and 20th centuries.
They feel there should be a so-called "Jewish mission" to convert Jews because they did not accept Jesus as the Messiah, and were therefore bound to be displeased by the new official stance on ...
Conversion to Judaism; Crypto-Judaism; Humanistic Judaism; Jews and Buddhism; Jewish atheism; Jewish Buddhists; Jewish secularism; Jews for Jesus; Messianic Judaism; Off the derech (OTD) The Jew in the Lotus
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Khazar Khaganate, 650–850 The Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry, often called the Khazar myth by its critics, is a largely abandoned historical hypothesis that postulated that Ashkenazi Jews were primarily, or to a large extent, descended from Khazar converts to Judaism. The Khazars were a ...