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When I was young, my parents did not allow me to accompany my friends to church. I thought, "What's the harm?" I was curious. I wanted to see what they do in church. When I was sixteen, I went to church with a friend. I felt
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My story begins on the other side of the world in Australia where I was born. Both sides of my family immigrated there in the mid to late 1800s. My childhood was spent in a Christian home. I did not know that I had a Jewish heritage until I was
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My name is Lisa. This was our first year celebrating the Jewish Holidays and we are now preparing for Chanukah. This time last year, we were decorating a Christmas tree and practicing for the Church Christmas pageant. My sons were attending a Youth Group where they learned how to talk
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My name is David. I was born a Jew. When I was growing up, I had a very limited Jewish education. It was in my mid-20's when I began to feel the need for some sort of spirituality. I began to search for G-d, and I
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I opened my door to find Holly, a friend I hadn't seen much that semester. Why did she visit me that October evening? I invited her in and we chatted for about fifteen minutes. Then Holly subtly changed the subject to Jesus Christ and Christianity, asking if I
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Daniel and I met in my first year of college. He was smart, sensitive, good-looking and shy. We lived on the same floor of our dormitory and spent all our time together. We fell in love. It was bound to happen, we had so much in common…. well, except
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For over a dozen years I was a Jewish Christian missionary. I believed in the Christian doctrine that everyone I knew and loved, who didn't believe in Jesus, was going to burn in hell for all eternity. I became adept at using the Holy Scriptures to prove that
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My parents and I immigrated to the United States from the former USSR. We were raised as atheists but I did receive some training in Judaism by attending the local Jewish community center, and a Jewish summer camp. These really didn't do too much for me. I knew
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Susan (Shoshana) Zakar is a convert to Judaism. Earlier in her life, she had decided she wanted to be Jewish, but circumstances prevented it. She ended up becoming a fundamentalist Christian. The following letter explains what drew her in. (a letter to an unmet friend written January, 2001) A friend
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This is part 1 of a 3 part series by Angela Dekort about why she converted to Judaism. You can read Part 2 and Part 3 as well. Many people have scratched their heads upon finding out about my intention to convert to Judaism, wondering why I would do such
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My name is Julius Ciss and I am a "counter-missionary." I work to educate the Jewish community about the problem of deceptive Christian missionaries who target Jews for conversion. I also try to bring those Jews whom they have "converted" back to authentic Judaism. Being
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Jews at Risk: An Interview with Jews For Judaism Baltimore Executive Director, Ruth Guggenheim By Margie Pensak Appeared in the Where, What, When- December 2010 I first encountered missionaries in the mid-70s, when I was a student living in Manhattan. I used to see Jews for Jesus members sporting
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