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    Items with the tag:

    conversion

    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
    Cover of Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa
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    Pledges of Jew­ish Alle­giance: Con­ver­sion, Law, and Pol­i­cy­mak­ing in Nine­teenth- and Twen­ti­eth-Cen­tu­ry Ortho­dox Responsa
    David Ellenson and Daniel Gordis
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    Becom­ing Jew­ish: The Chal­lenges, Rewards, and Paths to Conversion
    Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben and Jennifer S. Hanin; Bob Saget, fwd.
    Cover of Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today's Families: Revised and Updated
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    Liv­ing a Jew­ish Life: Jew­ish Tra­di­tions, Cus­toms, and Val­ues for Today’s Fam­i­lies: Revised and Updated
    Anita Diamant with Howard Cooper
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    The Dön­me: Jew­ish Con­verts, Mus­lim Rev­o­lu­tion­ar­ies, and Sec­u­lar Turks
    Marc David Baer
    Essay

    Birth of A Fam­i­ly Business

    Michael Wex is the author of Born to Kvetch, and the new nov­el The Frumkiss Fam­i­ly Busi­ness. He will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book…
    Michael Wex
    January 3, 2011
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