Columbia’s new Jews // The South American country is seeing a surprising boom in people converting to Judaism. Some claim to be descendants of conversos, but many others have different reasons for wanting to be Jewish. – Ami Magazine

Columbia’s new Jews // The South American country is seeing a surprising boom in people converting to Judaism. Some claim to be descendants of conversos, but many others have different reasons for wanting to be Jewish.

In 2009, I was taking my daughter to the Centro Israelita de Beneficencia (CIB) for Hebrew school when the taxi driver asked me if one had to be Jewish to go to synagogue. I wasn’t sure why he was asking, but he went on tell me that he practiced Judaism, put on tefillin daily with … Continue reading Columbia’s new Jews // The South American country is seeing a surprising boom in people converting to Judaism. Some claim to be descendants of conversos, but many others have different reasons for wanting to be Jewish.