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About Aliza Hausman
Memoirs of a Jewminicana
Aerial Footage of Israel
Video, 7 minutes
YouTube
Building in a State of Hope
Olaf Sakkers
Choosing Judaism
Jewish Action Magazine (OU)
Circumcise Me
Audio and video available
Yisroel Campbell
Conversion Advice
Unknown
Converting in College: Why Some Students Choose Judaism
Hillel
Converts on the True Colors of the Jewish Community
Aliza Hausman
The Do’s and Don’ts of Talking to Converts
Aliza Hausman
Filling the Void: Creating Jewish Families Through Adoption
By Bayla Sheva Brenner
Finding Mount Sinai in Montana
By Bayla Sheva Brenner
About Gavriel and Devorah Snyder
From Ghetto Girl to Rabbi’s Wife
Aliza Hausman
From Japan to Jerusalem
By Michael Freund
About Nobutaka Hattori
From Pastor to Jew: Following Hashem to Find Judaism
Audio, 109 minutes
Aryel Tsion
Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish
Aliza Hausman
Go Where I Send Thee: A Former Minister Finds Torah
By Mordechai Schiller
About Ahuva Gray
Heart and Soul: New Jews
Audio, 28 minutes
BBC
Israel: Defying the Odds
Video, 2 minutes
Aish
Logging on to Judaism: A Convert Retrieves Her Soul from Cyberspace
By Bayla Sheva Brenner
Malka Esther’s Conversion Story
One Year Later [After Orthodox Conversion]
Just Call Me Chaviva
Our Neglected Converts, Our Neglected Duty
Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
By Ari Z. Zivotofsky and Ari Greenspan
About Rabbi Natan Gamedze
Rahab the Harlot: The Rabbi’s Convert
Just Call Me Chaviva
The Royal Jew From Swaziland
Aish
About Rabbi Natan Gamedze
An Unintentional Intermarriage
By Gila Davids (pseudonym)
What a Convert Can Teach About Orthodox Judaism
Adam Dickter
Who Are the People Converting to Judaism?
Rabbi Neal Weinberg