The traditional process for converting to Judaism varies by denomination but typically includes counseling with a rabbi, taking classes at a local synagogue or other Jewish institution, undergoing circumcision for males, being interviewed by a beit din, immersing in a ritual bath, or mikveh, and adopting a Hebrew name.Chapter 3: Jewish Identity. U.S. Jews see being Jewish as more a matter of ancestry, culture and values than of religious observance. Six-in-ten say, for example, that being Jewish is mainly a matter of culture or ancestry, compared with 15% who say it is mainly a matter of religion. Roughly seven-in-ten say remembering the Holocaust and
How a conversion split — and then strengthened — Kenya’s Jewish community By Cara Tabachnick April 6, 2022 5:08 pm A view of the Nairobi synagogue, the only Jewish house of worship in Kenya.By contrast, Reform Judaism – now the largest American Jewish denomination – has experienced a net gain due to religious switching; 28% of current or former U.S. Jews say they were raised as Reform Jews, while 33% currently identify with the Reform movement. Jews with no denominational affiliation also have experienced a net gain.
A Reform conversion could be kosher, Schonfeld says, if it included mikvah immersion, circumcision and “a serious course of study and commitment to live a Jewish life, join a Jewish community
Instead, he argues that the convert may not mistreat their non-Jewish parents because it makes no sense for conversion to allow them to treat their parents worse than they did before they were Jewish. Being Jewish should come with higher expectations of treating others with respect and honor, not less. Further, Caro is careful with his language. BaAO.