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April 19, 2021

Colombia’s Wave of Conversion to Judaism

The emergentes.

Colombia’s Jewish community numbers about 4,000, but has recently been expanding thanks to a growing influx of converts, who call themselves emergentes, or emerging Jews. Heide Paster Herf, who has been photographing these newcomers to Judaism in the city of Cali, writes:

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April 19, 2021

  1. The Real Palestinian Refugee Problem, and Mahmoud Abbas’s Indifference

    Fatah thugs beat protestors in Lebanon.

  2. America’s Moral Cowardice at the UN

    The new ambassador parrots Russian and Chinese propaganda.

  3. The Personalities, the Parties, and the Policies behind Israel’s Political Crisis

    And some thoughts from an Israeli conservative.

  4. The Legacy of Poland’s Post-War Holocaust Justice

    Poles who saved Jews feared retribution, while those who turned them in were exonerated.

  5. Colombia’s Wave of Conversion to Judaism

    The emergentes.