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Items with the tag:

conversion

Cover of Godstruck: Seven Women's Unexpected Journeys to Religious Conversion
Non­fic­tion
God­struck: Sev­en Wom­en’s Unex­pect­ed Jour­neys to Reli­gious Conversion
Kelsey Osgood
Essay—From the Journal

A Seder with Babar the Elephant

Emi­ly Schneider
April 22, 2024
Essay

Con­vert­ing and Insert­ing Jew­ish Iden­ti­ties into Fic­tion (with a Laugh or Two)

Stephanie Bar­bé Hammer
November 27, 2023
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Chil­dren’s
The Inside Name
Randi Sonenshine; Gina Capaldi, illus.
Cover of Leaving Bacon Behind: A How to Guide to Jewish Conversion
Non­fic­tion
Leav­ing Bacon Behind: A How to Guide to Jew­ish Conversion
Melvin S. Marsh
Cover of Luis de Torres Sails to Freedom
Chil­dren’s
Luis de Tor­res Sails to Freedom
Tami Lehman-Wilzig; Oliver Averill, illus.
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Non­fic­tion
Ruth: A Migrant’s Tale
Ilana Pardes
Essay

The Door Knock, Revisited

Jen Max­field
September 27, 2022
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Non­fic­tion
Rahel Varn­hagen: The Life of a Jew­ish Woman
Hannah Arendt; Clara Winston and Richard Winston, trans.
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Fic­tion
The Books of Jacob
Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translator)
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Non­fic­tion
Jew­ish Life in Medieval Spain: A New History
Jonathan Ray
Essay

The Jew­ish Writer Behind Mozart’s Operas

Howard Jay Smith
September 21, 2021
From the Journal

Hunger

Qian Julie Wang
September 10, 2021
Essay

My First Sequel: The Love Sto­ry of ​‘An Unortho­dox Match’ Continued

Nao­mi Ragen
September 6, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
A Reac­tion to Mes­sian­ic Missionaries
Cheryl Simani
Essay

A Jew­ish Traitor

Mau­rice Samuels
July 12, 2021
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