Converts On Conversion: ; More Orthodox Rabbis Support Easing Restrictions for Non-Jewish Spouses

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Abraham was a late-in-life convert. Moses married an Ethiopian gentile who some say later joined the Jewish faith. More than 3,500 years later, intermarriage and conversion remain hotly contested issues within Judaism.

Yet nearly 50 percent of married Jews today are wedded to someone of a different faith.

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Converts On Conversion: ; More Orthodox Rabbis Support Easing Restrictions for Non-Jewish Spouses

Faced with that reality, American Jewish leaders have delicately sidestepped a centuries-old prohibition against proselytizing and launched new efforts to convert non-Jewish spouses.

Leaders of the Reform and Conservative movements outlined initiatives to ...

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