Conversion

‘They had him crucified’: Christian convert faces torture, execution in Egypt for leaving Islam

“He was tortured. They attempted to remove his cross tattoo and brought him Islamic religious figures. They had him crucified the whole time he was there," his fiancee, Sophia told the 'Post.'

Said Mansour Rezk Abdelrazek and his fiancee, Sophia.
Egyptian flags wave in front of a gate at the Rafah border crossing, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, January 28, 2025.

Egyptian prosecutors seek ‘maximum penalty’ for Christian convert for contempt of Islam

IRANIAN DISSIDENT Heydarian attends a regional NGO consultation in Geneva. He is now living in hiding while appealing Switzerland’s rejection of his asylum application.

Switzerland rejects asylum application from Iranian refugee pursuing Judaism

IRANIAN ACTIVISTS display the Lion and Sun flag alongside Israel’s flag outside Georgia’s parliament at one of the rallies that interviewee Behnam Vali Heydarian says he was pressured to stop organizing.

Facing exile and persecution, an Iranian dissident crossed from devout Muslim to student of Judaism


'I never had a bar mitzvah,' lone soldiers from Ethiopia to celebrate at the Western Wall

The ceremony is expected to bring together soldiers and soldiers without immediate family in Israel, many of whom immigrated alone and joined the Israel Defense Forces.

Soldiers praying at the Kotel in 2013.

Former Moscow rabbi says he rebuffed proposal to convert Russians discussed in Epstein recording

The proposal sought to bring converted Russians to Israel as a demographic strategy aimed at preserving Israel's Jewish majority.

Ehud Barak, a former prime minister of Israel, announces the establishment of a new political party that he will lead, in Tel Aviv, June 26, 2019.

Argentinian oleh celebrates his Bar Mitzvah, conversion to Judaism 20 years after making aliyah

Ariel Weintraub, an Argentinian-Israeli who has been living in the country for the past 20 years, decided to fully convert to Judaism after connecting with his Jewish coworkers.

An Argentine oleh (new immigrant to Israel) who made aliyah 20 years ago celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Eilat after a long period of conversion.

Argentina's Sephardi chief rabbi reaffirms 100-year-old ruling on conversions, sparks controversy

A controversial ruling in Argentina reaffirms a 100-year-old conversion ban, fueling tensions between Orthodox and non-Orthodox movements.

Facade of Templo de la Libertad synagogue, Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 2, 2018

Maduro has claimed Jewish ancestry, here is what is known - explainer

Maduro has cited Sephardic Jewish roots, but his own statements and the public record leave his Jewish status unconfirmed.

A supporter of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds up a portrait of him in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026.

Recognized by the rabbinate, Orthodox converts trapped in legal limbo over Israeli citizenship

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: “Why do I have to keep proving myself? Am I a second-class Jew?” said an Orthodox converted Jewish woman in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.

Women pray at the Western Wall.

When is it enough?

"But the more I pushed toward Orthodoxy, the more I realized the driving force wasn’t spiritual longing, it was the pressure to satisfy an external standard."

Kai Balin on a journey to explore Orthodox Judaism

'Choosing to Be Chosen': The path from 'bleak atheism' to Orthodox Judaism - review

In Choosing to Be Chosen: From Being an Atheist Non-Jew to Becoming an Orthodox Jew, Kylie Ora Lobell finds the God she didn’t know she was searching for within a Judaism she didn’t know existed.

‘Jewish Wedding,’ by Jozef Israëls, 1903.

Hulu’s ‘The Honorable Shyne’ documents the Jewish rapper’s beef with Diddy, new life as politician

A new doc sheds light on Shyne and where he’s been, including the former rapper’s response to the sex-trafficking scandal from his mentor Sean “Diddy” Combs.

 Moses Michael Levi Barrow. who rapped under the stage name "Shyne," prays at the Western Wall in a Jerusalem in a scene from the new documentary, "The Honorable Shyne."

Muslim to Jewish convert, researcher, and activist Khaled Hassan talks Israel - interview

Researcher and activist Khaled Hassan opens up about his journey from Cairo to Judaism and discusses antisemitism, activism, and media bias.

Khaled Hassan, a Cairo-born UK-based researcher and activist who converted to Judaism.