Judaism
Donald Trump's daughter to join Kate Capshaw in converting for love.
Ivanka Trump is free to worship as she sees fit. And being a Trump, she's chosen one of the oldest and most exclusive religions. Though we'd suspect that whichever demons that The Donald has made pacts with in the past cannot be thrilled about Ivanka entering into a covenant with Yahweh.
According to the New York Post's Page Six (yeah, who else?), the heiress and real estate/ casino show-piece will be marrying Jared Kushner and have selected a Rabbi to whip the gentile out of Ivanka Trump. You may remember Rabbi Haskel Lookstein as the dude that … Read More
Isla Fisher postpones wedding, converting to Judaism.
New mommy and up-and-coming actress Isla Fisher has postponed her wedding to actor/comedian Sascha Baron Cohen. Now before you go getting your panties in a bunch, there's actually a good reason.
Isla, like many famous women before her, is converting to Judaism before she marries Cohen. Great, except she's also in the middle of shooting the highly anticipated (well, by fashionistas and chic lit fans at least) Confessions of a Shopaholic and doesn't have the time to devote herself to her Torah studies.
A Muslim woman gave up her past to provide her family with a future.
As Told To Marisa Belger
It was during my second month of medical school—as I was cutting anatomy class—that I met Ron. We bonded over our mutual dislike of the subject, and I felt like we had an instant connection.
In the course of that first conversation we also wound up discussing our backgrounds: Ron, I learned, was Israeli-Jewish; I was Iranian-Muslim.
The relationship grew serious quickly. Ron proposed a year and a half in, and we planned a Jewish-Persian wedding, where we drank wine, did readings in Hebrew, and let my relatives grind sugar over us to add sweetness to the … Read More
Amy Sohn's parents took the long way to loving her hubby.
My boyfriend during my freshman year of Brown was a 6'5'' black guy from Philly who played power forward on the basketball team. One of the main reasons I was drawn to him was that I knew my parents wouldn't approve. They are what you might call liberal conservatives: They're NPR-listening, cultured, Democratic-voting Jews, but my mom doesn't like women with visible bra straps, and my dad doesn't feel comfortable around black men.
It didn't work out with the basketball player and by the time I graduated I was still single. I moved into an apartment in Brooklyn with … Read More