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  2. Conversion to Judaism - Wikipedia

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    While a Jew by birth may not marry a mamzer, a convert can. [69] Descendants of converts can become rabbis. For instance, Rabbi Meir Baal Ha Nes is thought to be a descendant of a proselyte. Rabbi Akiva was also a very well-known son of converts. The Talmud lists many of the Jewish nation's greatest individuals who had either descended from or ...

  3. List of converts to Judaism - Wikipedia

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    A number of prominent celebrities, such as Madonna, Demi Moore, and Ariana Grande, have become followers of a "new age" version of Kabbalah (see Kabbalah Centre), derived from the body of Jewish mystical teaching also called Kabbalah, but do not consider themselves – and are not considered – Jewish. [1]

  4. Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques

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    Several such mosques in the areas of former Muslim rule have since been reconverted or have become museums, including the Parthenon in Greece and numerous mosques in Spain, such as Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba. Conversion of non-Islamic buildings into mosques influenced distinctive regional styles of Islamic architecture.

  5. Proselytization and counter-proselytization of Jews - Wikipedia

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    A number of Christian denominations have programs to reach Jews. [8] The JTA, a Jewish news service, conducted an extensive analysis of Christian efforts to convert Jews to Christianity [9] and found that some of the largest evangelical denominations – the Southern Baptists, the Assemblies of God, and the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod – have all increased their efforts to evangelize ...

  6. List of converts to Islam from Judaism - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of notable converts to Islam from Judaism. Abdullah ibn Salam (Al-Husayn ibn Salam) – 7th-century companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Safiyya bint Huyayy – Muhammad's wife Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi ...

  7. List of disqualifications for the Jewish priesthood - Wikipedia

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    A Kohen who was afflicted with one of these imperfections would be deemed unfit for service. However, should it be a correctable imperfection, he would become re-eligible for service once the defect is corrected. Although unable to serve, he was permitted to eat of the Terumah (holy food). [1]

  8. Relationships between Jewish religious movements - Wikipedia

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    Ammiel Hirsch and Yosef Reinman One People, Two Worlds: A Reform Rabbi and an Orthodox Rabbi Explore the Issues That Divide Them Schocken, 2003; Jacob Katz's works, including A House Divided: Orthodoxy and Schism in Nineteenth-Century Central European Jewry (1998) David Landau. Piety & Power: The World of Jewish Fundamentalism, Hill and Wang ...

  9. Off the derech - Wikipedia

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    Off the derech (Hebrew: דֶּרֶךְ, pronounced: / ˈ d ɛ r ɛ x /, meaning: "path"; OTD) is a Yeshiva-English expression used to describe the state of a Jew who has left an Orthodox way of life or community, and whose new lifestyle is secular, non-Jewish, or of a non-Orthodox form of Judaism, as part of a contemporary social phenomenon tied to the digital, [2] postmodern and post ...