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)
regions. Jewish–Islamic relations may also refer to the shared and disputed ideals between Judaism and Islam, which began roughly in the 7th century...
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Who is a Jew? (redirect from Judaism as ethnicity)
Conservative Judaism follow Jewish law (halakha), deeming people to be Jewish if their mothers are Jewish or if they underwent a halakhic conversion. Reform...
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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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It is widely considered to be a sect of Evangelical Christianity, including by all major groups within mainstream Judaism, but the movement considers...
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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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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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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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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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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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Ages, exogamy (marriage outside the community) was common, as was conversion to Judaism. In Europe, Medieval Christian rulers regarded unions between Jews...
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against conversion to Judaism, implying that this was still occurring. In some cases, a person may forgo a formal conversion to Judaism and adopt some or...
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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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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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traditions of the Jewish people. Judaism evolved from Yahwism, an ancient Semitic religion of the late Bronze Age to early Iron Age, likely around the...
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Christianity began as a movement within Second Temple Judaism, but the two religions gradually diverged over the first few centuries of the Christian...
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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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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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execution or conversion to Islam. Zevi opted for a feigned conversion solely to escape the death penalty, and continued to believe and practice Judaism along...
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History of the Jews in Africa (redirect from Judaism in Africa)
the Beta Israel had to undergo a pro forma conversion to Judaism. They had to declare their allegiance to a halachic way of life and the Jewish people...
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South Arabia, the ruling class of the Himyarite Kingdom would convert to Judaism (though a more neutral form of monotheism was maintained publicly) and...
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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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Rod Carew (category Panamanian emigrants to the United States)
player I became." There is no evidence that Carew ever formally converted to Judaism, although he wore a chai necklace during his playing days. His first wife...
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describes his life before conversion in his Epistle to the Galatians: For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted...
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Bulan (Khazar) (category Converts to Judaism from paganism)
conversion of the Khazars to Judaism. His name means "elk" or "hart" in Old Turkic. The date of his reign is unknown, as the date of the conversion is...
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Jewish religious movements (redirect from Divisions of Judaism)
movements, sometimes called "denominations", include diverse groups within Judaism which have developed among Jews from ancient times. Today in the west,...
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Crypto-Judaism is the secret adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (origin...
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Lord George Gordon (category 18th-century converts to Judaism)
of Commons from 1774 to 1780. His life ended after a number of controversies, notably one surrounding his conversion to Judaism, for which he was ostracised...
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In Judaism, conversion is not a requirement nor is it a prerequisite for goodness or salvation, and if persons truly wish to convert to Judaism, they...
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In Judaism, angels (Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ, romanized: mal’āḵ, lit. 'messenger', plural: מַלְאָכִים mal’āḵīm) are supernatural beings that appear throughout...
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