Conversion Resources
Rabbinical Assembly members work with conversion candidates all over the world, helping to guide them on the path toward Jewish life. The Rabbinical Assembly also sponsors conversion institutes in a number of local regions.
We also suggest you read the following books:
- Embracing Judaism, by Simcha Kling, revised by Carl M. Perkins (Rabbinical Assembly, 1999). Rabbi Kling's book is a text used by many Conservative Jewish converts.
- Your People, My People: Finding Acceptance and Fulfillment as a Jew by Choice, by Lena Romanoff with Lisa Hostein (Jewish Publication Society, 1990). This is an easy-to-read guidebook written by a convert for other converts.
- Choosing Judaism, by Lydia Kukoff (UAHC Press, 1981). This book, also by a convert, discusses conversion from a Reform Jewish perspective.
- Becoming a Jew, by Maurice Lamm (Jonathan David, 1991). Rabbi Lamm presents conversion from an Orthodox Jewish point of view.
- The Book of Jewish Belief, by Louis Jacobs (Behrman House, 1984). Rabbi Jacobs clearly discusses the basic ideas of Jewish thought.
- The Book of Jewish Practice, by Louis Jacobs (Behrman House, 1987). In this companion volume, Rabbi Jacobs describes many central Jewish religious practices.