Ancient Converts To Judaism
SOURCE:
http://members.tripod.com/epst/book2.htm
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Other clerical
conversions were also noted, perhaps because
of their notoriety. WECELIN, a cleric who worked for Duke
Conrad of
Carinthia, accepted Judaism sometime about 1005.
There is written evidence that Wecelin published a brief tract
against Christianity. Wecelin, who may have fled to Egypt,
is only one of many 11th century converts described in
the
Cairo Genizah.
Norman Golb estimates that [...]

Catholic Jew Stephen Dubner Returns To Judaism
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To learn how Jewish-born Catholic Stephen Dubner
returned to the
Jewish faith, please read his autobiography
and the essay at the bottom of this page:
TURBULENT SOULS: A
CATHOLIC SON’S RETURN TO HIS
JEWISH FAMILY by Stephen J. Dubner. ©1998, 288 pages.
Morrow Publishing, 1350 Avenue
of the Americas, New York,
NY 10019, http://www.williammorrow.com/
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Catholic Jew Stephen Dubner Returns [...]

Catholic Priest & Lutheran Pastor: Converts to Judaism
by Jon
Kalish
http://www.jcn18.com/Newstand/kalish/kayamah.htm
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This
brings me to the Bar Association of the City
of New York where two Christian clergymen who
converted to Judaism
received a warm reception
from a largely Orthodox crowd back in April. This
was at a fund-raiser for a group called
Kayama.
Not the frum Brooklyn reggae band Kayama.
They disbanded. The Kayama I’m talking [...]

Catholic Abel Gomes Converts To Judaism
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To learn the true story of how Catholic Abel Gomes
converted to
Orthodox Judaism, please read:
MIGRANT SOUL: THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN GER
by Avi Shafran. 259 pages. Targum
Press,
22700 West 11 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48034.
Available in some Jewish bookstores.

Count Valentin Pototzky Converts To Orthodox Judaism
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AVROHOM BEN AVROHOM by Selig Schachnowitz.
Adapted by Y’hoshua
Leiman, and Illustrated by Bat-
Sheva Frankel. ©1977, 224 pages. Feldheim Publishers
(96 East Broadway, NY 10002).
The true story of a Polish nobleman, Count Valentin
Potocki (pronounced Pototzki), who sacrificed wealth
and power in order to convert from Christianity to Judaism
a generation before the American Revolution.
As
a [...]

Father Kenneth Charles Cox Converts To Judaism
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To learn the true story of how Father Kenneth Charles Cox
(Catholic)
converted to Orthodox Judaism, please read:
SO STRANGE MY PATH by Abraham Carmel. ©1964 and
1977, 247 pages.
Bloch Publishing, 915 Broadway, New York,
NY 10010. Library of Congress Card # 64:17487,
ISBN: 0-8197-0020-7.
Available in some Jewish bookstores.

Father John David Scalamonti Converts To Judaism
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To learn the true story of how Father John David Scalamonti
(a
former five-year Catholic Priest) converted to Orthodox
Judaism, please read his autobiography:
ORDAINED TO BE
A JEW: A Catholic Priest’s Conversion
To Judaism by John David Scalamonti. © 1992, 180 pages.
KTAV Publishing
House. ISBN: 0-88125-412-6.
John David Scalamonti was born and raised in a
small town [...]

John Rafael Gonzalez and Richard Bentley — Converts To Judaism
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MAGAZINE ARTICLE:
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AMERICAN CONVERSION-CANDIDATE TO ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER: ” ‘Quickie’ Conversions No Joke”
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From COALITION Magazine, page 6, August 1998:
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INDIANAPOLIS — A REFORM LEADER’S DISMISSAL
OF A CHARGE MADE by
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has motivated several converts or conversion-
candidates, including an
Indianapolis man, to share
personal experiences with the Israeli premier.
During a [...]

Nancy I. Sutton’s Story: Catholic Converts To Judaism
Date:
11/01/1999
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I am very happy within Judasim.
I was raised by
a Catholic father and an agnostic mother.
I was never really directed to believe in any particular religion
growing
up, but my father did see that I had a rudimentary
“Sunday School” education.
My mother never had an opinion
and always told us that
when we were [...]

Nun-Trainee Converts To Judaism
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Nun-trainee Marion Peterson converted to
Orthodox Judaism and teaches at YU of LA.
We would appreciate
it if anyone could
send us accurate autobiographical information
about her, such as: when she became a nun
trainee, the year she converted to Judaism
and why.