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What Is A Mikveh?

Whether you're dunking for conversion or for any other reason, here's what to expect at the ritual bath.

Ritual immersion in a natural body of water.

Why keep the baby name under wraps before the brit milah?

What happens when visiting a synagogue that might not recognize your conversion.

Though the Orthodox rabbinate remains all-male, some Orthodox women have assumed para-rabbinic roles.

How do you confess to a sin without believing in sin?

How do I make aliyah without my conversion certificate?

How this Hungarian Jew became a national heroine of Israel.

How they are educated and their role in the community.

How one of the first female rabbis was almost forgotten.

Why is Judaism traditionally passed down through the mother?

Must the donor be Jewish for the child to be recognized as Jewish?