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=== Former Christian clergy and Christian theologians ===
* ] converted to Judaism in the 600's<ref>http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=527&letter=A&search=Abraham%20the%20Monk</ref>
* ], confessor to ]<ref></ref>
* ] or ] (né Johannes), priest and composer <ref name = "iii">, [http://books.google.com/books?id=SFazbG_b6ysC&pg=PT149&dq=catholic+priest+convert+judaism&ei=-a5LR5LpKI706gLG0uTzBg&sig=X-fhSpE-lO
eivXyAWeFf5xMfMSs], , The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed 2001), art. Obadiah the Proselyte</ref>
* ] English preaching ], of the Dominican order; converted to Judaism about 1275<ref>http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=R&artid=159</ref>
* ]<ref>http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1608&letter=A&search=Nicolas%20Antoine</ref>
* ] (former archpriest) <ref name=autogenerated1></ref>
*], former Archbishop of Ethiopian Christianity
*], son of the Ethiopian king ], and a monk of Ethiopian Christianity.
*] (former Augustin friar) <ref></ref><ref></ref>
* ], German theologian<ref> </ref> "Johann Peter Spaeth (about 1642-1701), author of an attack on Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-politicus, finally became a Jewish convert, called himself "Moses Germanus," and was even circumcised a few years before his death in 1697"
*Andrew/Andreas, the ], a city in Southern Italy, declared himself a Jew upon a journey to Constantinople in 1066 and subsequentally fled to Egypt.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=RB5aWgr7l-gC&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&dq=1066+andrew+the+archbishop+of+bari+judaism&source=web&ots=gaMjqgYwb3&sig=QwULvssrSZQTTiGDXErqzaA_bz4</ref><ref name="cv"></ref><ref name="iii"/>
* ], (a Franciscan friar who had embraced Judaism, and was burned alive on the ].)<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.morasha.it/ebrei_italia/ebrei_italia04.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DCornelio%2Bof%2BMontalcino%26hl%3Den</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
==== Former Christian clergy and Christian theologians (1970s to present)====
* ] an ex-Methodist pastor; he converted after studying the history of the holocaust in 1978 to Orthodox Judaism.
* ], former ] minister from Finland and Australia. Along with him, his wife Ruth (formerly Runa), two adult daughters, two teenage daughters, and a former son-in-law also converted to Orthodox Judaism. <ref></ref><ref></ref>
* ], expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and former Catholic priest, he reverted to Judaism. <ref></ref>
* ], a former female evangelical minister and daughter of a Pentecostal preacher. She converted to Orthodox Judaism.<ref></ref>
* ], a former Baptist minister, his mother-in-law, wife and their two adult sons, grandchildren, daughter-in-law also converted to Orthodox Judaism.<ref>http://www.bejewish.org/index.php?option=com_jd-wp&Itemid=31&p=7</ref>
* ] served as a Christian minister in the African American community both in Chicago and Los Angeles for fourteen years. She left that world in 1996 to fulfill her spiritual yearnings and become an Orthodox Jew. <ref></ref>
* ] Former Presbyterian lay minister David Weiss (born Jewish) returned to Judaism and is now a successful writer living in Los Angeles. <ref>http://www.ikehillah.org/shrekonjudaism1/</ref>
*], a former evangelical minister, he converted to Judaism and became a world-renowned Biblical scholar<ref>Moment Magazine 21:1 (Feb 28, 1996), pg. 32ff.</ref>
*], former Pentecostal minister


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This article list people who have converted to Judaism and have a Misplaced Pages article about them. The article does not differentiate between the different branches of Judaism. See also Who is a Jew? on issues related to the acceptance of conversions throughout the Jewish community.

(A number of prominent figures, such as Madonna, have recently become followers of "new age" version of Kabbalah, derived from the body of Jewish mystical teaching also called Kabbalah, but do not consider themselves – and are not considered – Jewish.)

List of converts to Judaism from Christianity

Christian Proselyte Communities

Of Jewish descent

This section is for people who had Jewish ancestry though not matrilineally as is required by Jewish law to be considered Jewish, and so converted to Judaism, to be recognized as Jews.

Other Christians who converted to Judaism

List of converts to Judaism not from Christianity

From Atheism or Agnosticism

  • Christian B. Anfinsen, Nobel prize-winning chemist (Orthodox Judaism)
  • Will Herberg, known as a social philosopher and sociologist of religion, as well as a Jewish theologian, he is also former atheist and Marxist of Jewish ancestry who was raised atheist
  • Benny Lévy - Philosopher and last personal secretary of Jean-Paul Sartre
  • Suzy Menkes, fashion journalist
  • Hilary Putnam - Philosopher raised in a Jewish-atheist home
  • Eliyahu Rips - he is a member of the Department of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Rips received the Erdős prize from the Israel Mathematical Society in 1979 and was a sectional speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1994. He embraced Orthodox Judaism.
  • Mary Doria Russell
  • Mare Winningham

From Black Hebrew Israelitism

From Islam

From Paganism

From Samaritanism

From Shinto

Undetermined former religion

Converts who later left the faith or were expelled

See also

References

  1. A History of the Abuyudaya Jews of Uganda
  2. BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Rabbi backs India's 'lost Jews'
  3. Kulanu: Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh, South India
  4. Converting Inca Indians in Peru
  5. Judaism - Reflections on Giur
  6. Kulanu: Claim Mexico playing host to a Lost Tribe
  7. The movie Shalom y'all
  8. Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, art. Aquila of Sinope
  9. IMDB
  10. Le Figaro Magazine which states "as though his conversion to Judaism in 2002 had paradoxically made him closer to his Pas-de-Calais roots".
  11. Arc Poetry review of "Jacob's Dream" which states "Brewster is fascinated with her newly-adopted faith of Judaism—poems about Jewish holy days and heritage are sprinkled throughout"
  12. "May Britt Joins Jewish Faith", The New York Times, 18 October 1960, p. 46
  13. Q&A with Sarah Brown "Judaism, for me, is more a spiritual thing than a religion, but I feel that I have a Jewish soul. I didn't convert because of my marriage; I just always felt like there was a Jewish soul inside of me just dying to get out."
  14. New York Times
  15. Chicago Sun Times via "Find Articles.": Said of her conversion "I needed to know where God was, and I went back to the basics."
  16. EsMas.com
  17. ^ http://www.nndb.com/event/931/000084679/
  18. http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/happy-birthday/2008/Aug/Connie-Chung.html
  19. Interview with Croce's Cousin http://www.netporch.com/sa/
  20. Jewish Virtual Library
  21. Shanks, Hershel. "Losing Faith: How Scholarship Affects Scholars". Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2007.
  22. A Publishers Weekly review of Jacqueline Du Pre: A Biography by Carol Easton states she was "the daughter of anti-Semitic parents who herself converted to Judaism and at age 21 married Jewish pianist-conductor Daniel Barenboim."
  24. Gensler, Howard (2006-11-27). "'Borat' to wed Aussie actress Isla Fisher". Retrieved 2006-11-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  25. http://www.sofeminine.co.uk/w/star/n485343/news/Isla-Fisher-s-wife-wish.html
  26. Luke Ford, XXX-Communicated: A Rebel Without a Shul. iUniverse, Inc., 2004. ISBN 0-595-66441-5
  27. Aaron Freeman's website
  28. http://adrianasassoon.wordpress.com/category/style/
  29. http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/09/15/soleil-moon-frye-aka-punky-brewster-photos-bio/
  30. Jewish Encyclopedia
  31. Convert Authors
  32. Natan Gamedze's website
  33. http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s2269904.htm
  34. http://www.swedishenglishtranslation.com/jwriting/gustafsson-b.htm
  35. Hart - "Thought there are no Jewish Republicans in show biz? Well, Bush contributors include... host Mary Hart, who’s a convert to Judaism..."
  36. Her website
  37. http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=baseball&ID=143
  38. The Big Book of Jewish Sports People by Peter Horvitz page 53
  39. IMDB
  40. El Mundo
  41. Times Online interview: She says in the interview "I converted to Judaism in 1983. I am not a deeply religious person but it is a vital part of my life. It shapes my beliefs, and how I look at the world."
  42. Seattle Times
  43. [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:bJ5arSMnNPAJ:www.bethisrael-om.org/pdf/bignews2.pdf+%22Jamaica+Kincaid%22+conversion+ judaism+-wikipedia&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=25 Beth Israel]
  44. Julis Lester's Home Page
  45. Baseball Almanac.com
  46. O'Toole, Lesley (2006-12-22). "Ben Stiller : 'Doing comedy is scary'". The Independent. Retrieved 2006-12-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  47. Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco states of her marriage, "Adah was not at all interested in home or family; in fact, the only thing she shared sincerely with him was his religion–she adopted the Jewish faith and remained steadfast in it until her death."
  48. "BBC On this Day"
  49. The Independent Feb 7, 2005; online here Findarticles accessed 11 Dec 2006
  50. The Nation
  52. Interview at Book Browse "I am a Jew by choice and Italian by heritage. Shortly after I converted to Judaism, I came across a book by Alexander Stille called Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism."
  53. http://57thave.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/shyne-to-be-released-in-april/
  54. http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/20338/edition_id/415/format/html/displaystory.html
  55. New York Times book review
  56. Stilley - "...the former model, raised a Christian in Conway, S.C., recently announced that she is converting to Judaism. Even her rabbi is befuddled.... "The first thing that attracted me to Judaism was the undeniable family strength that has held Jewish people and culture together for 3,000 years. . . Jews, whether religious or not, know where they have come from and what they would wish for their future, and this certainty is based on fact, not faith.... "I will not be a perfect Jew, nor will Judaism make me perfect. But I know that Judaism will give me faith, support, knowledge, and history. I am not Jewish because I choose to be. I am Jewish because there is no other choice for me.""
  57. In her book Elizabeth Takes Off, Taylor writes, " had absolutely nothing to do with my past marriage to Mike or my upcoming marriage to Eddie Fisher, both of whom were Jewish. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time."
  58. Profile at Jewishsports.com
  59. Jewish Bulletin of Northern California:On being asked about Christmas, because of the Santa Claus related The Polar Express, he stated "We have a Jewish household. I converted when I married Lisa."
  60. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1884956033
  61. Jewish Bulletin of Northern California: "After Winningham observed her first Yom Kippur that year, she knew she had to convert, and did so March 3, 2003, accompanied by an entourage of friends and relatives."
  62. Entertainment Weekly
  63. NIH Profile
  64. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0748-0814(1989)7%3A1%3C247%3AFMTJCE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5
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  66. j. - Actress-singer Mare Winningham an unlikely Jewish soul
  67. http://www.hillel.org/TemplatesHillel/Templates/news.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID={072CF0C6-A8D1-496E-B652-AE4916E495F6}&NRORIGINALURL=%2Fabout%2Fnews%2F2007%2Fmar%2Fwinningham_2007Mar16.htm&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest
  68. Iranian Muslim converts to Judaism
  69. Jewish Encyclopedia "He was by birth a Gentile from Pontus, and is said by Epiphanius to have been a connection by marriage of the emperor Hadrian and to have been appointed by him about the year 128 to an office concerned with the rebuilding of Jerusalem as "Ælia Capitolina." At some unknown age he joined the Christians, but afterward left them and became a proselyte to Judaism."
  70. Fordham University
  71. Jewish Encyclopedia
  72. Jewish Encyclopedia "If the contradictory and sometimes legendary accounts of the personality of Dhu Nuwas given by the Arabian writers can be trusted, he was not a Jew by birth, but embraced Judaism after ascending the throne, taking the name of "Joseph."
  73. Jewish Encyclopedia "Obadiah was a proselyte of Edomite origin."
  74. Jewish Encyclopedia
  75. Jewish Encyclopedia
  76. Jewish Encyclopedia
  77. BBC
  78. Talmud
  79. (Josephus, Jewish Antiquities xx. 7, § 3
  80. Columbia Encyclopedia
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