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


Myrna Bennett, the (Jewish) mother of Israel's ex-prime minister - opinion

Mother Myrna, who traditionally has shied away from publicity, has suddenly found herself wooed by major news outlets wanting her take.

 MYRNA BENNETT with son Naftali.

Netanyahu had no reason to give in to Maoz's demands - editorial

Netanyahu did not have to compromise his own beliefs and cave in to each of Maoz’s demands – in fact, he could have formed a stable coalition without him.

Noam Party leader Avi Maoz poses for a picture at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 19, 2021.

An Evangelical’s journey to Judaism, Israel – and love of soccer

Frankie McLean, who for decades has been known as Sarit Edri, recently shared her incredible and impressive journey to Judaism and Israel. Now she's returned to soccer.

 WITH FAMILY.

Ben-Gvir calls to end recognition of Reform conversions for aliyah

Ben-Gvir wishes to establish a situation in which only those who have been converted by Orthodox rabbis will be entitled to immigrate to Israel according to the Law of Return.

 Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir and members of the party speak to the press after a meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the President's residence in Jerusalem on November 10, 2022.

Parashat Lech Lecha: Was Abraham an influencer?

Influencing others becomes so addictive that our personal behavior is, itself, influenced by our overwhelming desire to influence others. Are influencers the ultimate influencees? 

 INFLUENCERS: NOT a question of talent but of garndering ‘likes.’

The Zionist essence: Not political, not religious, just a path home

Zionism is a path toward home. Zionism has no political adherence. It is neither a calling for expansion nor a religious movement.

 YAEL ROZENMAN-ISMAEL (speaking at Jerusalem’s Begin Center): Zionism is a path toward home.

Who is a Jew? 70% of Jewish Israelis say patrilineal descent doesn't count

The poll is the IDI's biennial statistical report and serves as an in-depth look at the balance between religion and state that is so central to Israel and Israeli society.

Israeli police officers clash with Ultra Orthodox Jewish men during a protest against the enforcement of coronavirus emergency regulations, in the Ultra Orthodox jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, October 4, 2020

Sephardic Jewish ancestry certificate now open for millions of applicants

Recent research has demonstrated that as many as 200 million people in the Americas and Europe have Jewish ancestry who were forcibly converted.

Certificate of Sephardi Jewish ancestry.

Are too many Germans converting to Judaism? - analysis

In a DW column titled “Why the increasing number of converts is a problem for Judaism,” Avitall Gerstetter charged that too many people in Germany convert for the wrong reasons.

The German flag is pictured at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 2017

Conversion in Israel: The tug of war between the state, rabbinate

How did conversion to Judaism get caught in up the midst of an Israeli political controversy over the Law of Return and identifying who is a Jew?

 A WOMAN stands before the rabbinical court.