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With these words, Ruth takes on Naomi’s religion. Ruth is emblematic of the process of becoming a Jew and these texts illuminate both her model and others of conversion.

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Love for All (Judith Hauptman): The commandment to love the stranger as yourself as a connection to conversion at Sinai

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Insight on Conversion from JTS Faculty

What the Rabbis of the Talmud Learned from
Naomi and Ruth

with Dr. Judith Hauptman
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The Righteous Convert of Vilna
with Dr. David Fishman

Who Are You? A Question for All of Us
with Dr. Eliezer Diamond
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Acquiring a New Past
with Rabbi David Hoffman
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A Deer in the Sheepfold: A Conversion Tale
with Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner
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The Problem with the Convert
with Dr. David C. Kraemer
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Topics in Talmud: Conversion
with Dr. David C. Kraemer