Israel News | Israel Hayom - www.israelhayom.comSpiritual search, conversion, and Oct. 7: How a pro-Israel advocate was born
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮https://humanistictorah.org/2025/07/28/in-defense-of-mrp-multireligious-practice-in-judaism/
I'm sharing an essay I wrote that has a controversial thesis: that Judaism should welcome and support converts who engage in another tradition's practices.
Along the way, I discuss two past classes from the #Unyeshiva (a school of Jewish learning and unlearning from the folks behind the Judaism Unbound podcast) by Susan Katz Miller and R Esther Hugenholtz, as well as share a fair bit about my own journey.
#MultiReligiousPractice #HumanisticJudaism #Judaism #JewishConversion #Mennonite #Mazeldon
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦and then there’s the issue of #JewishDeicide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_deicide
American Evangelicals will swear up and down that their Christian #Zionism isn’t a mask for their apocalyptic death cult fetishes and their not so hidden agenda of #JewishConversion.
here’s the thing: ask them, if they’re so against forcing Jews to convert to Christianity, why haven’t their “churches” not signed on to the RCCs ecumenical NOSTRA AETATE or added to it with their own?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostra_aetate
well…
James M. Branum יעקב מתתיהוhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/09/converting-to-judaism-in-the-wake-of-october-7th
A very moving article about the surge of #Jewish conversions after the October 7th terror attacks, as well as the complexities of identity for Jewish converts.
Amaya 🌹Earlier today I attended my first Intro to Judaism class. It was an interesting experience and I look forward to all the neat stuff I’ll be learning over the next 17 weeks. It’s been a long time coming.
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮Strongly recommend these classes from the #Unyeshiva (the school from the folks behind the #JudaismUnbound podcast).
Also --- I'm trying to decide what class I'm taking! So hard to decide.
Also one of the teachers is part of the #Fediverse @lexaphus
https://www.judaismunbound.com/classes
#Mazeldon #JewishLearning #Jewish #Judaism #Mishnah #JewishConversion #BiReligious #LGBTQ
Here's the video for class session #2 of our #HumanisticJudaism 101 class, taught by Martín Di Maggio on the topic of Who are the Jews? What is Judaism?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCbYn2PWfKg
If you would like to join the class (either live or asynchronously), please register for it via the link on this QR code.
#Mazeldon #Jewish #Jewdiverse #JewishEducation #JewishConversion
Humanistic Judaism 101 - Class Session #2 - Who are the Jews? What is Judaism?
Just a reminder -- our next session of #HumanisticJudaism 101 will be happening tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 pm eastern/6 pm UK time.
This session will be taught by Martín Di Maggio on the topic of "What is Judaism? Who are the Jews?"
If you have not yet registered for this free class, please do so at this link: https://forms.gle/EWrFTtj6FTBWMQTU6
Also, here is the zoom link for the upcoming session, and our future sessions: https://zoom.us/j/92967926190?pwd=aG5mNG96cUFoRUMvREh3dFpyN3hSZz09
For anyone who is interested in the Spinoza Havurah's #HumanisticJudaism 101 class, it is not too late to join us.
First class session is on Sunday, November 12th at 1 pm Eastern/6 pm UK.
More info below in this thread...
The class is taught by myself (James M. Branum) and Martin Di Maggio.
Our first session will have about 10 minutes each from Martin and myself, sharing a bit about ourselves and our hopes for the class, with the remaining time before getting to know each other better. We will probably break into smaller break-out groups for this to make it easier for everyone to participate.
The zoom link for the first class session (and all future sessions) is:
https://zoom.us/j/92967926190...
I should also mention a few other important links:
1. Our class syllabus: https://docs.google.com/.../1P-NTRRa8vNoYGxcaO.../edit... (we recommend checking this weekly, as we will list each week's readings and other materials here)
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Sharing this article that my son and I collaborated on, an analysis of why #Oklahoma has such a high rate of #Jewish conversion.
TL/DR Summary: Oklahoma has the 2nd highest rate of known conversions of any US state, and has the 2nd highest number of known converts in our Jewish community.
The article discusses more about WHY these trends exist, by looking at other states that share Oklahoma's high conversion rates.
