List of converts to Judaism from non-religious backgrounds
This is a list of notable converts to Judaism from Atheism and includes individuals who were non-believing or agnostic towards the belief in deity or deities.
- Christian B. Anfinsen, Nobel prize-winning chemist (Orthodox Judaism)[1]
- David P. Goldman "Spengler" - A columnist and former member of the LaRouche movement who embraced Judaism in the 1990s.[2]
- Will Herberg, known as a social philosopher and sociologist of religion, as well as a Jewish theologian, he is also former atheist and Marxist of Jewish ancestry who was raised atheist[3]
- Benny Lévy - Philosopher and last personal secretary of Jean-Paul Sartre.[4]
- Hilary Putnam – Philosopher raised in a Jewish-atheist home.[5]
- Mary Doria Russell[6]
- Mare Winningham[7][8]
- David Wolpe - A leading rabbi in Conservative Judaism and former atheist.[9][10]
References
- ↑ NIH Profile
- ↑ "Confessions of a Coward" in First Things
- ↑ http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0748-0814(1989)7%3A1%3C247%3AFMTJCE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5
- ↑ Holocaust Literature by S. Lillian Kremer
- ↑ "Finding My Religion" Boston Globe (July 30, 2006)
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=SdwbFx9Dz8EC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=Mary+Doria+Russell+atheist+convert+to+judaism&source= web&ots=B3k3Y1x-zr&sig=V-x23lDfFw5fBjbJIhLQb1jJsEs
- ↑ j. – Actress-singer Mare Winningham an unlikely Jewish soul
- ↑ Actress Mare Winningham Sings a "Convert's Jig"
- ↑ Los Angeles Times
- ↑ Toledo Blade
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