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Items with the tag:

conversion

Cover of Soles of a Survivor
Non­fic­tion
Soles of a Survivor
Nhi Aron­heim
Essay

Jew­it­namese

Nhi Aron­heim
May 19, 2021
Cover of Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder in Medieval Europe
Non­fic­tion
Con­ver­sion, Cir­cum­ci­sion, and Rit­u­al Mur­der in Medieval Europe
Paola Tartakoff
Essay

Gob­s­macked by Medieval Spain

Gail Car­son Levine
May 26, 2020
Excerpt—From the Journal

Excerpt: The Convert

Ste­fan Hertmans
April 28, 2020
Cover of The Convert
Fic­tion
The Con­vert
Stefan Hertmans; David McKay, trans.
Cover of The Converso's Return: Conversion and Sephardi History in Contemporary Literature and Culture
Non­fic­tion
The Con­ver­so’s Return: Con­ver­sion and Sephar­di His­to­ry in Con­tem­po­rary Lit­er­a­ture and Culture
Dalia Kandiyoti
Cover of A River Could Be a Tree: A Memoir
Non­fic­tion
A Riv­er Could Be a Tree: A Memoir
Angela Himsel; Shulem Deen, fwd.
Cover of Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817-1906
Non­fic­tion
Con­fes­sions of the Shtetl: Con­verts from Judaism in Impe­r­i­al Rus­sia, 1817 – 1906
Ellie R. Schainker
Interview

Inter­view: Annette Gendler

Annette Gendler’s mem­oir Jump­ing Over Shad­ows pulls read­ers into the dra­ma of World War II with its fam­i­ly tale of an ill-fat­ed mar­riage between a Jew­ish man,…
Amy Spun­gen
June 27, 2017
Cover of Jumping Over Shadows
Non­fic­tion
Jump­ing Over Shadows
Annette Gendler
Cover of Leaving the Jewish Fold: Conversation and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History
Non­fic­tion
Leav­ing the Jew­ish Fold: Con­ver­sa­tion and Rad­i­cal Assim­i­la­tion in Mod­ern Jew­ish History
Todd M. Endelman
Essay

May As Well Be Called Jesus

Christo­pher Noxon
November 23, 2015
Cover of Lovesong: Becoming a Jew
Non­fic­tion
Lovesong: Becom­ing a Jew
Julius Lester
Essay

From Inter­mar­ried Cou­ple to Obser­vant Jew­ish Family

Ear­li­er this week, Gayle Redling­shafer Berman wrote about mourn­ing the loss of a non-Jew­ish par­ent. Today we hear from Gayle’s co-author, her hus­band Harold Berman,…
Harold Berman
July 18, 2013
Essay

Mourn­ing the Loss of a Non-Jew­ish Parent

Gayle Redling­shafer Berman is co-author, with her hus­band Harold, of Dou­blelife: One Family,Two Faiths and a Jour­ney of Hope, the first true-life account of ​“an…
Gayle Redling­shafer Berman
July 16, 2013
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