Conversion
“The events of October 7 have acted as a catalyst for people who were on the fence.”
A Christian turned Jew reflects on a Jew turned Christian.
Franz Rosenzweig and Simone Weil confronted the entirety of existence.
Tisha b’Av in Catalonia, and a torrent of emotion.
A 19th-century convert’s story.
The story of Abraham Kotsuji.
The story of a small congregation of converts.
Rescuer, convert, rebbetzin, spy.
Pnin and Penninah.
How many Jews had been dragged to the baptismal font in Tortosa, and how many had just given up the struggle and gone of their own accord?
Lord George Gordon, a/k/a Yisrael ben Avraham Avinu.
A Judeo-Arabic prayer influenced by Muslim depictions of Mohammad.
With the Days of Awe just on the horizon, we rebroadcast a fascinating conversation about the nature of the Jewish Orthodox community and the human capacity for change.