List of converts to Judaism from non-religious backgrounds
This list of notable converts to Judaism from atheism includes individuals who were non-believing or agnostic towards the belief in deity or deities.
- Mark Zuckerberg - computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman, chief executive officer and co-founder of social networking website Facebook[1]
- Christian B. Anfinsen - Nobel prize-winning chemist (Orthodox Judaism)[2]
- David P. Goldman, "Spengler" - columnist and former member of the LaRouche movement who embraced Judaism in the 1990s[3]
- Will Herberg - social philosopher and sociologist of religion; Jewish theologian; former atheist and Marxist of Jewish ancestry who was raised atheist[4]
- Benny Lévy - philosopher; last personal secretary of Jean-Paul Sartre[5]
- Hilary Putnam - philosopher raised in a Jewish-atheist home[6]
- Mary Doria Russell[7]
- Mare Winningham - actress[8][9]
- David Wolpe - a leading rabbi in Conservative Judaism; former atheist[10][11]
References
- ↑ "The Washington Post".
- ↑ "The Christian B. Anfinsen Papers".
- ↑ "Web Exclusives". First Things.
- ↑ "Review". JSTOR 1051200.
- ↑ "Holocaust Literature: Lerner to Zychlinsky, index".
- ↑ "Finding My Religion".
- ↑ https://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
- ↑ admin. "Actress-singer Mare Winningham an unlikely Jewish soul".
- ↑ "500 Error".
- ↑ "Los Angeles Times: Archives - Book on Sweetness of Belief Judaism: A former atheist who is now a rabbi makes the case for how God matters".
- ↑ "Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search".
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