As right wing political atheists of a Jewish ancestry, we didn't fit in with anyone around us: not with Catholics, not with the sprinkling of Protestants, certainly not with Orthodox religious Jews in full regalia, nor Reform Jews,...
Finding My Jewish Past and My Catholic Present - Growing up in New York City in a very strict Catholic home I began questioning the doctrines of our faith at a very young age. Little did I know that this very same quest brought me ...
I am an Orthodox Jew by adoption. That is to say, I am a convert to Judaism, according to the halacha. I live in the company of other Orthodox Jews, with my husband and four children, in a religious community in Israel. I also love...
גדלתי בבית יהודי דתי ליד טורונטו, ועל כן הלכתי לבית הכנסת בשבת ובחגים. שרתי במקהלה, סייעתי בבית ספר ללימוד עברית וחייתי כשומר מצוות בנאמנות. אבי היה ניצול שואה מפולין ומשפחתה של אימי ברחה מהפוגרומים ברוסיה. הם התיישבו בקנדה וגידלו את אחותי ואותי בבית...
Here is a translation of Magdi Allam’s account of his conversion to Catholicism. The formerly Muslim journalist was baptized by Benedict XVI at Saturday's Easter Vigil Mass 2008 in St. Peter's Basilica.