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I Chose a Non-Jew--and the Non-Jew Chose JudaismBy Lyssa Friedman
A personal narrative of a woman whose partner converted to Judaism while she remained conflicted.
Go To LGBTQ RelationshipsArticle about how a Catholic woman’s decision to convert to Judaism opened up her father, born Jewish, to talking about his Jewish past for the first time.
Date: 06-11-2007Forward columnist Leonard Fein raises the possibility of secular conversion.
Date: 06-11-2007A man’s personal narrative on maintaining his Christian faith in his Jewish family.
Date: 06-11-2007A personal narrative about a grandmother’s conversion to Judaism after a Catholic upbringing.
Date: 06-11-2007A profile on composer Willy Schwarz that looks into his Jewish heritage.
Date: 06-11-2007Charlotte thought she was only sort of Jewish, but her friend Dale thought she belonged at the Shabbat table.
Date: 08-01-2012A personal narrative from an unmarried convert to Judaism who was godmother to her committed Catholic sister’s child.
Date: 05-15-2007News article about Latino converts to Judaism.
Date: 08-13-2007A news article discussing the new guidelines for conversion passed by North America's reform rabbis.
Date: 06-06-2007Profile of Susan, a woman who was married to a Jewish man for many years but didn’t decide to convert until they were divorced and she was in her ’60s.
Date: 08-13-2007