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Omar Sharif wasn’t the only Muslim actor famous in America. Here are 5 others
By Kimberly Winston — July 10, 2015
(RNS) Sharif was one of a growing list of actors who are religiously or culturally Muslim.
Q&A: How would you respond if your Christian daughter became a Muslim?
By Jonathan Merritt — April 22, 2015
(RNS) When Patricia Raybon’s daughter converted to Islam, it almost ruined their relationship. But their struggle has become a model for sharing life with those of other faiths.
Israeli cabinet allows wider group of Orthodox rabbis to perform conversions
By Michele Chabin — November 3, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) The resolution should enable many of the 364,000 Israelis who are not Jewish to find Orthodox rabbis more welcoming than the 33 rabbis picked by the rabbinate to head conversion courts.
On Rosh Hashanah, Israelis welcome a more diverse set of Jews
By Jacob Wirtschafter — September 24, 2014
TEL AVIV, Israel (RNS) As Israelis pause to celebrate the Jewish New Year, they can also celebrate a surge in the number of non-Jews participating in conversion courses run by Israel’s Reform and Conservative movements.
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate: Give up acting or we’ll deny your conversion
By Michele Chabin — March 20, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Chief Rabbinate, which has sole authority to determine who is and isn’t Jewish in Israel, is refusing to allow an actress to convert to Judaism unless she gives up her acting career.
Kansas City rabbi grows a congregation of Latin American Jews
By Janet Tappin Coelho — January 14, 2014
RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) Brazilian-born Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn is catering to a growing number of Latinos who are choosing to convert to Judaism as they abandon the region’s dominant Roman Catholicism.
Drew Barrymore considers converting to Judaism
By Maria Puente — January 30, 2013
(RNS) "I haven't converted yet," says new mom Drew Barrymore, but she sounds as if she will.
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