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Isabella Vinci teaching
Posted inIsrael

She converted during the pandemic. Israeli officials say her Zoom course doesn’t count

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

(JTA) — When Isabella Vinci stepped out of the mikvah on Nov. 11, 2021, she thought she had done everything that would be required to become Jewish. A beit din, […]

Immersion in a ritual bath is required for conversion to Judaism under Jewish law. (Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

For this I became a Jew? Yes, for exactly this I became a Jew.

Meg Keene (Courtesy) by Meg Keene June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
Most rabbis will not authorize a conversion to Judaism from inside prison, citing lack of access to resources and questions about motivation. (Illustration by Grace Yagel/70 Faces Media)
Posted inPodcasts

‘Tales of the Unbound’: Podcast chronicles Jewish conversions of incarcerated men seeking atonement

by Andrew Lapin July 18, 2024July 19, 2024
Akiva and Chava Hart and their six children converted to Judaism on Nov. 5, 2023. Then the married couple got married again in a Jewish ceremony. (Photo/Levi Lehman)
Posted inTV & Film

‘House of Lev’: A former hip hop dancer and a makeup artist document their new Orthodox life online

Debra Nussbaum Cohen by Debra Nussbaum Cohen November 29, 2023November 29, 2023
Kit Vincent's father, Lawrence, at synagogue. Their story is told in the film "Red Herring," screening as part of the 2023 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Courtesy Kit Vincent)
Posted inCulture

In ‘Red Herring,’ a son’s terminal diagnosis leads to a father’s new life as a Jew

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz July 10, 2023July 10, 2023
Rabbi Mendy Cohen is dwarfed by 7'1" Kings center Domantas Sabonis, who attended Chabad of Sacramento's Purim party on March 7.
Posted inSports

Sacramento Kings’ Domantas Sabonis is joining Team Jewish

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 12, 2023June 17, 2024
Jared Armstrong (left) took part in a Birthright Israel trip in 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Jared Armstrong)
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s never-ending, and very human, ‘Who Is a Jew?’ saga

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA February 24, 2022February 22, 2022
Jared Armstrong (center) with other participants on a Birthright trip to Israel in 2021.
Posted inFirst Person

Israel thinks I only want to make aliyah so I can play basketball. But I just want to come home.

Jared Armstrong by Jared Armstrong and JTA February 16, 2022
Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz. (Photo/Wikimedia-Dvortygirl CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

With mikvahs closed, complete your conversion in wild waters

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
a flowery wedding canopy at sunset by the beach
Posted inMixed & Matched

Can I have an Orthodox conversion with a non-Jewish husband?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler November 17, 2021November 17, 2021

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