A person who converts to Judaism becomes a Jew is just as Jewish as someone born into Judaism. There is a good precedent for this. Ruth, the great-great grandmother of King David, was a convert to ...

The Jewish Agency for Israel will now approve Orthodox converts’ eligibility for aliyah. Israel’s Interior Ministry announced the change in a letter to the Knesset on Tuesday. Previously the ministry, ...

(JTA) — The Israeli Supreme Court decision on Jewish conversion changes almost nothing. But down the line, it could change a lot. Under the March 31 ruling, the state of Israel must recognize Jewish ...

At 12, Kylie Ora Lobell decided she no longer believed in God. Many years later, as she chronicles in her new book, she met ...

Israeli society is shaped by deep religious, cultural and political diversity. From ultra-Orthodox Haredim to secular Hilonim ...