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-'''List of former Jews''', or more accurately, people of [[Jew]]ish ethnicity and adherents of [[Judaism]] who have [[religious conversion|converted]] to another religion. According to certain concepts of Jewish being (cf. [[who is a Jew?]]), a Jew who converts to another religion is still "a Jew," by family and heritage alone, if not also by culture, and to a certain extent, belief (cf. [[monotheism]]).
+This is a list of people who have '''[[religious conversion|converted]] from [[Judaism]]'''.
-==Conversion to Bahá'í Faith==
+*[[List of converts to the Bahá'í Faith from Judaism|Bahá'í Faith]]
+*[[List of converts to Christianity from Judaism|Christianity]]
-* [[Justin Baldoni]]<ref>[http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2004/0905/life/stories/03life.htm Mail Tribune The ‘Daze’ of his life]{{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref> (''Everwood'') Actor.
+*[[List of converts to Hinduism#Judaism|Hinduism]]
-* [[Arvid Nelson]] is an American comic book writer, best known for Rex Mundi <ref name=cbr18089>{{cite web |first=Edward |last=Carey |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18089 |title=Nelson talks Rex Mundi and Religion |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=September 17, 2008 |accessdate=2009-05-30}}</ref>
+*[[List of converts to Islam from Judaism|Islam]]
+*[[List of converts to Buddhism#Judaism|Buddhism]]
+*[[List of Jewish atheists and agnostics|Atheism/Agnosticism]]
+==Undetermined==
-==Conversion to Christianity==
+These individuals have left Judaism for an undetermined ideology.
-[[Image:Georg Jellinek.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Georg Jellinek]], convert from Judaism to Christianity.]]
+*[[Polemon (Cilicia)|Polemon II]], king of Cilicia converted to marry the Jewish princess [[Berenice of Cilicia|Berenice]]; later relapsed.<ref>([[Josephus]], ''[[Jewish Antiquities]]'' xx. 7, § 3</ref>
-[[Image:StPaul ElGreco.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Paul of Tarsus]], convert from Judaism to Christianity.]]
+*[[Uriel da Costa]], philosopher [[Herem (censure)|shunned]] for heresy.<ref>[http://www1.bartleby.com/65/ac/Acosta-U.html Columbia Encyclopedia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813124409/http://www2.bartleby.com/65/ac/Acosta-U.html |date=2007-08-13 }}</ref>
-The ''Jewish Encyclopedia'' gives some statistics on conversion of Jews to [[Protestantism]], [[Roman Catholicism]], and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christianity]] (which it calls "Greek Catholicism").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/table.jsp?table_id=425&volid=11&title=STATISTICS: |title=– Statistics: |publisher=Jewishencyclopedia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref> Some 2,000 European Jews converted to [[Christianity]] every year during the 19th century, but in the 1890s the number was running closer to 3,000 per year—1,000 in [[Austria-Hungary|Austria Hungary (Galizian Poland)]], 1,000 in [[Russia]] ([[Poland]], [[Belarus]], [[Ukraine]], and [[Lithuania]]), 500 in [[Germany]] ([[Poznań|Posen]]), and the remainder in the [[English people|English]] world.
-* [[Abd-al-Masih (martyr)]]&nbsp;– killed by his father for converting<ref name="Holweck">Holweck, F. G. "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.</ref>
-* [[Michael Solomon Alexander]]&nbsp;– former Rabbi and first [[Anglican]] Bishop of Jerusalem<ref>[http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/Community/exe/history/msalexander.htm ''Alexander's Apostasy: First Steps to Jerusalem.''] by Brian Taylor, from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain</ref>
-* [[Petrus Alphonsi]]&nbsp;– physician in ordinary to King [[Alfonso VI of Castile]]<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1195&letter=A&search=Petrus%20Alphonsi "Alphonsi, Petrus."] ''[[Jewish Encyclopedia]]''. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901-1906</ref>
-* [[Juan Alfonso de Baena]]&nbsp;– medieval Castilian [[troubadour]]<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=90&letter=B "Baena, Juan Alfonso De."] ''[[Jewish Encyclopedia]]''. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901-1906</ref>
-* [[Lovisa Augusti]]- opera singer and actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://runeberg.org/nfaa/1331.html |title=Nordisk familjebok, vol 1. A – Barograf |publisher=Runeberg.org |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[Eduard Bendemann]]&nbsp;– German painter<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Julius Benedict|Sir Julius Benedict]]&nbsp;– English composer<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Leo de Benedicto Christiano]]&nbsp;– medieval financier<ref>[[Ferdinand Gregorovius|Gregorovius, Ferdinand]]. ''Rome in the Middle Ages Vol. IV Part 1''. 1905.</ref>
-* [[Theodor Benfey]]&nbsp;– German philologist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=759&letter=C] ''[[Jewish Encyclopedia]]''. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901-1906</ref>
-* [[Michael Bernays]]&nbsp;– German professor of literature<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Gottfried Bernhardy]]&nbsp;– German philologist and literary historian<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Ludwig Börne]]&nbsp;– German political writer and satirist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[John Braham]]&nbsp;– English tenor opera star<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Moritz Wilhelm August Breidenbach]]&nbsp;– German jurist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Paulus Stephanus Cassel]]&nbsp;– German who worked with the [[Church's Ministry Among Jewish People]].<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Julius Friedrich Cohnheim]]&nbsp;– German pathologist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Isaac da Costa]]&nbsp;– Dutch language poet<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Abraham Capadose]]&nbsp;– Dutch physician and writer; friend of Isaac da Costa<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Carl Paul Caspari]]&nbsp;– Norwegian theologian<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Jehuda Cresques]]&nbsp;– Catalan cartographer<ref>Hamy, Bulletin de Géographie, 1891, pp. 218-222.</ref>
-* [[Ferdinand David (musician)|Ferdinand David]]&nbsp;– German virtuoso violinist and composer<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Ludwig Dessoir]]&nbsp;– German actor<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Benjamin Disraeli]]&nbsp;– British Prime Minister and leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in the 19th century<ref>Robert Blake, Disraeli, 3. Norman Gash, reviewing Blake's work, argued that Benjamin's claim to Spanish ancestry could not be entirely dismissed. Norman Gash, review of Disraeli, by Robert Blake. The English Historical Review, Vol. 83, No. 327. (Apr., 1968), 360-364.</ref>
-* [[Alfred Döblin]]&nbsp;– German expressionist novelist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE5DC1438F931A25754C0A964958260 |title=Simon, John'' Pursued by Nazis and Other Demons, New York Times, July 12, 1992'' |publisher=New York Times |date=1992-07-12 |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[David Paul Drach]]&nbsp;– Librarian of the Propaganda in Rome.<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Alfred Edersheim]]&nbsp;– Biblical scholar<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Rachel (actress)|Rachel Felix]]&nbsp;– French-Swiss theatre actress<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Pero Ferrús]]&nbsp;– Castilian poet<ref>Brian Dutton, Joaquín González Cuenca (editors), Cancionero de Juan Alfonso de Baena (Madrid: Visor Libros, 1993), 534-544.</ref>
-* [[Achille Fould]]&nbsp;– French financier and politician<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Heinrich von Friedberg]]&nbsp;– German jurist and statesman<ref name="jewishencyclopediaF">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=388&letter=F] ''Friedberg, Heinrich, von'') Jewish Encyclopedia</ref>
-* [[Ludwig Friedländer]]&nbsp;– German philologist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Arnold Fruchtenbaum]]&nbsp;– Founder of Ariel Ministries <ref>Online bio&nbsp;– http://www.ariel.org/bioagf.htm</ref>
-* [[Eduard Gans]]&nbsp;– German philosopher and jurist, exponent of the conservative [[Right Hegelians]]<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, ''Gans, Eduard''.</ref>
-* [[Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt]]&nbsp;– German astronomer and painter<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Heinrich Heine]]&nbsp;– [[Germany|German]] writer<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle]]&nbsp;– German physician, pathologist and anatomist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Jorge Isaacs]]&nbsp;– Colombian writer, politician and soldier<ref>Carvajal, Mario. Vida y pasión de Jorge Isaacs. Manizales, 1937.</ref>
-* [[Heinrich Jacoby]]&nbsp;– German educator<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Georg Jellinek]]&nbsp;– German legal philosopher<ref>[http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lhr/22.3/kelly.html Duncan Kelly, "Revisiting the Rights of Man: Georg Jellinek on Rights and the State"]. ''Law and History Review'' vol. 22, no. 3 (Fall 2004).</ref>
-* [[Paul S. L. Johnson]]&nbsp;– American scholar and pastor<ref>[http://www.epiphanystudies.co.uk/johnson.htm ''A Brief Biography of Paul S.L. Johnson''] from the Present Truth Library, which catalogues the works of Paul S.L. Johnson.</ref>
-* [[David Kalisch]]&nbsp;– German playwright and humorist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Felix Philipp Kanitz]]&nbsp;– Austro-Hungarian naturalist, geographer, ethnographer, archaeologist and author of travel notes<ref>http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=87&letter=K ''Kanitz, Felix Philipp''] ''[[Jewish Encyclopedia]]'', Funk and Wagnalls, 1901-1906.</ref>
-* [[Leopold Kronecker]]&nbsp;– German mathematician and logician<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Lawrence Kudlow]]&nbsp;– American economist
-* [[Hermann Lebert]]&nbsp;– German physician<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Karl Lehrs]]&nbsp;– German classical scholar<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, ''Lehrs, Karl''.</ref>
-* [[Osip Mikhailovich Lerner]]&nbsp;– 19th century Russian intellectual and lawyer<ref>[[Jacob Pavlovich Adler|Adler, Jacob]], ''A Life on the Stage: A Memoir'', translated and with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld, Knopf, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-679-41351-0. p. 200.</ref>
-* [[Fanny Lewald]]&nbsp;– German author<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Jean-Marie Lustiger]]- Cardinal, former Archbishop of Paris <ref>Duquin, Lorene Hanley, ''A Century of Catholic Converts'', Our Sunday Visitor: Huntington, Indiana, 2003, pp. 114-116.</ref>
-* [[Heinrich Gustav Magnus]]&nbsp;– German chemist and physicist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Ludwig Immanuel Magnus]]&nbsp;– German mathematician<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Gustav Mahler]]&nbsp;– Composer (1860–1911)
-* [[Hugh Montefiore]]&nbsp;– [[Anglican]] Bishop of Birmingham from 1977 to 1987
-* [[Felix Mendelssohn]]&nbsp;– composer (1809–1847)<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Karl Friedrich Neumann]]&nbsp;– German orientalist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Robert Novak]]&nbsp;– American Conservative Commentator
-* [[Harry Frederick Oppenheimer]]&nbsp;– South African businessman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_jewish_anglicans.html |title=''Famous Jewish Anglicans'' |publisher=Adherents.com |date=2005-10-01 |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[Francis Palgrave]]&nbsp;– English historian<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Corey Pavin]]&nbsp;– [[Professional Golfers Association of America|PGA]] golfer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bpsports.net/bpsports.asp?ID=5477 |title=– U.S. team at Ryder Cup led by believers in Jesus |publisher=Bpsports.net |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[Johannes Pfefferkorn]]&nbsp;– German theologian and writer<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Friedrich Adolf Philippi]]&nbsp;– German Lutheran theologian<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Lorenzo Da Ponte]]&nbsp;– Italian librettist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Harry Reems]]&nbsp;– Adult film actor.<ref>{{cite web|author=David A Keeps |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1487624,00.html |title=The Observer |publisher=Observer.guardian.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[David Ricardo]]&nbsp;– English political economist<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Gillian Rose]]&nbsp;– British philosopher and sociologist<ref>{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0411/is_n4_v46/ai_20583585 | work=Judaism | title=The tragedy of Gillian Rose&nbsp;– Jewish social critic | year=1997}}</ref>
-* [[Moishe Rosen]]&nbsp;– Founder of [[Jews for Jesus]]<ref>Online Bio at http://www.jewsforjesus.org/about/headquarters/moishe</ref>
-* [[Joe Rosenthal]]&nbsp;– American photographer
-* [[Anton Rubinstein]]&nbsp;– Russian pianist, composer, and conductor<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky]]&nbsp;– Episcopal Bishop of Shanghai, founder of [[Saint John's University, Shanghai]], bible translator<ref>Moffett, Samuel Hugh, ''History of Christianity in Asia, Vol. 2: 1500-1900'', Orbis Books: Maryknoll, New York, 2005, pg. 476.</ref>
-* [[Martin Eduard von Simson]]&nbsp;– German jurist and politician<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Dan Spitz]]&nbsp;– lead guitarist of the [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Butcher |first=Andy |url=http://www.beliefnet.com/story/9/story_995_1.html |title=Beliefnet.com |publisher=Beliefnet.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[Friedrich Julius Stahl]]&nbsp;– [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] jurist and conservative thinker<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Edith Stein]]&nbsp;– Nun, martyr, saint.<ref>Garcia, Laura. "Edith Stein&nbsp;— Convert, Nun, Martyr." Crisis 15, no. 6 (June 1997): 32-35</ref>
-* [[Mordechai Vanunu]]&nbsp;– considered a whistle-blower on Israel's nuclear programme who was subsequently kidnapped, tried and imprisoned by Israel.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1351324,00.html Long walk to freedom]. The Guardian.</ref>
-* [[Rahel Varnhagen]] (born Rahel Levin)&nbsp;– writer and saloniste<ref>{{cite web|author=Duncan Campbell |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1351324,00.html |title=Long walk to freedom |publisher=Guardian |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[Simone Weil]]&nbsp;– French philosopher and activist <ref>>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/voices/weil.html]</ref>
-* [[Otto Weininger]]&nbsp;– Austrian philosopher<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=iTOzhZ5MElYC&pg=PR12&lpg=PR12&dq=%22otto+weininger%22+convert+christianity&source=web&ots=VsFoguGI9b&sig=NBDFQtNxMW_B3jjehp3sMxCXY7w |title=Geschlecht und Charakter - Otto Weininger, Ladislaus Löb, Daniel Steuer, Laura Marcus - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[Joseph Wolff]]&nbsp;– German missionary<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[Morris Ximemes|Sir Moses Ximenes]]&nbsp;– 18th century English merchant<ref name="jewishencyclopediaC"/>
-* [[David Levy Yulee]], [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Florida]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/yulee.html |title=David Levy Yulee |publisher=Jewishvirtuallibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.]]&nbsp;– [[United States|American]] actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tbn.org/about/newsletter/index.php/669.html |title=Trinity Broadcasting Network Interview |publisher=Tbn.org |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Monday, Feb. 04, 1980 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954525,00.html |title=Time on his involvement with PTL |publisher=Time.com |date=1980-02-04 |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref><ref>[http://www.gnfi.org/store/index.html "Good News for Israel" videos]{{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref>
-* [[Israel Zolli]]&nbsp;– former Chief [[Rabbi]] of [[Rome]]<ref>[http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=1067 ]{{Dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref>
-==Conversion to Islam==
-<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:layla--murad.gif|300px|right|thumb|Former Jewish actress, [[Leila Mourad]] {{deletable image-caption}}]] -->
-* [[Abdullah ibn Salam]]&nbsp;– 7th century [[sahaba|sahabi]] said to have been a [[rabbi]] of aristocratic stock.<ref>E12, I. 52 (Joseph Horovitz, ''Muhammeds Himmelfahrt'', Der Islam 9 (1919); [[Ibn Hajar Asqalni]], ''[[Finding the Truth in Judging the Companinons|Isaba fi Tamyiizi al-Sahaba]]'', II. 312-3</ref>
-* [[Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari]]&nbsp;– 9th century [[Persia]]n scholar physician (a [[Hakim (title)|hakim]]), who produced the first [[encyclopedia]] of medicine.<ref>[[Edward Granville Browne|Edward G. Browne]], Islamic Medicine, 2002, p. 37-38, ISBN 81-87570-19-9</ref>
-* [[Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari]] a well-known Jewish convert to Islam doctor, belonging to the famous medical school of Tabaristan or Hyrcania) & a tutor of medicine to Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi (known to the West as [[Rhazes]]).{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}
-* [[Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi]]&nbsp;– influential [[physicist]], [[philosopher]], and [[scientist]] who wrote a critique of [[Aristotelianism|Aristotelian philosophy]] and [[Aristotelian physics]].<ref>Routledge History of Philosophy
- By Stuart Shanker, John Marenbon, George Henry Radcliffe Parkinson, pg. 76</ref>
-* [[Ibn Kammuna]] or was a 13th Century physician (ophthalmologist) and philosopher who lived in Baghdad.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}
-* [[Ibn Yahyā al-Maghribī al-Samaw'al]] was an [[Arab]] [[Islamic mathematician|Muslim mathematician]] and [[Islamic astronomy|astronomer]] of [[Arab Jews|Jewish descent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=174&letter=A |title=Jewish Encyclopedia |publisher=Jewish Encyclopedia |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref> His father was a [[Jew]]ish [[Rabbi]] from [[Morocco]], but al-Samawʾal converted to [[Islam]].<ref name="Contact pg. 123">Medieval Cultures in Contact, By Richard Gyug, pg. 123</ref>
-* [[Jacob Querido]]&nbsp;– 17th century successor of the [[List of messiah claimants|self-proclaimed]] [[Jew]]ish [[Messiah]] [[Sabbatai Zevi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=6&letter=Q |title=– Querido, Jacob |publisher=Jewishencyclopedia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[Ka'ab al-Ahbar]] an Arab Jew later on became a [[Sahaby]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
-* [[Leila Mourad]]&nbsp;– [[Egypt]]ian [[singer]] and [[actress]] who rose to fame in the 1940s and 1950s.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE7D71339F930A15752C1A963958260 | work=The New York Times | title=Leila Mourad, Egyptian Film Actress, 77 | date=November 23, 1995 | accessdate=May 8, 2010}}</ref>
-* Leopold Weiss or [[Muhammad Asad]] see below.
-* [[Lev Nussimbaum]]&nbsp;– prolific author on the topics of Middle East and Russian history; the [[Nazism|Nazi]] propaganda ministry included his works on their list of "excellent books for German minds" before discovering he was an ethnic Jew.<ref name="Lazare">Lazare 2005.</ref>
-* [[Muhammad Asad]] (Leopold Weiss)&nbsp;– Viennese [[journalist]] who became Pakistani ambassador to the [[United Nations]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetruecall.com/home/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=194 |title=Biography of Muhammad Asad |publisher=Thetruecall.com |date=1992-02-23 |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref> his son [[Talal Asad]] is an anthropologist at the City University of New York
-* [[Rashid-al-Din Hamadani]]&nbsp;– 13th century [[Persian Empire|Persian]] physician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9062730/Rashid-ad-Din |title=Encyclopædia Britannica, "Rashid ad-Din", 2007 |publisher=Britannica.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[Sabbatai Zevi]]<ref>{{cite web|author=David Holzel |url=http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/13058 |title=mental_floss Blog » 10 Jewish Messiah Moments |publisher=Mentalfloss.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
-* [[Sarmad]]&nbsp;– 17th century mystical poet and [[sufi]] saint, arrived from [[Persia]] to [[India]], beheaded for assumed [[heresy]] by [[Aurungzebe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=257&letter=S&search=sarmad |title=– Sarmad, Mohammed Sa'Id: |publisher=Jewishencyclopedia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
-* [[Sultan Rafi Sharif Bey]] (Yale Singer)&nbsp;– a pioneer in the development of [[Islam in the United States|Islamic culture in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sma-alumni.org/kg0706b.pdf |title=TAPS |accessdate=2007-02-06 |year=2006 |month=July |work=The Kablegram |publisher=Staunton Military Academy Foundation|format=PDF}}</ref>
-* [[Yaqub ibn Killis]]&nbsp;– 10th century Egyptian [[vizier]] under the [[Fatimids]].<ref>In the Court of Ya'qub Ibn Killis: A Fragment from the Cairo Genizah , Mark R. Cohen, Sasson Somekh ‘’The Jewish Quarterly Review’’, New Ser., Vol. 80, No. 3/4 (Jan.&nbsp;– Apr., 1990), pp. 283–314</ref>
-==Conversion to Hinduism==
-* [[Krishna Das (singer)|Krishna Das]] (born Jeffrey Kagel)&nbsp;– singer who performs Indian chants called [[kirtan]]s
-* [[Ram Dass]] (born Richard Alpert)- [[syncretist]], and follower of the Hindu deity [[Hanuman]]. Professor of [[psychology]] at [[Harvard University]]<ref>[http://www.ramdass.org/Biography/tabid/331/Default.aspx Ram Dass&nbsp;– the official interactive Satsang site for author (Be Here Now) and spiritual teacher Ram Dass<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref>
-* [[Hridayananda Goswami]] (born Howard J. Resnick)&nbsp;– American spiritual leader of the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]]<ref>[http://acharyadeva.com/en/life/ Who is Acaryadeva?]&nbsp;– Acharyadeva</ref>
-* [[Tamal Krishna Goswami]] (born Thomas G. Herzig)&nbsp;– governing body commissioner of the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]]
-* [[John Levy (philosopher)|John Levy]]&nbsp;– British philosopher who translated books on [[Advaita Vedanta]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GcUFmQ-NF_0C&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=john+levy+guenon&source=web&ots=QxtVQTJydS&sig=v1LPFQuIrYVElI5YcT8b1VlZbmY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result |title=Against the Modern World |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref>
 ==See also==
-* [[List of people who converted to Judaism]]
+* [[Apostasy from Judaism]]
-* [[List of former Muslims]]
 * [[Conversion to Judaism]]
+* [[Crypto-Judaism]]
-* [[List of former Christians]]
+* [[Humanistic Judaism]]
-* [[List of former Roman Catholics]]
+*''[[Jews and Buddhism]]''
-* [[List of former Protestants]]
+* [[Jewish atheism]]
-* [[List of former Latter Day Saints]]
+* [[Jewish Buddhists]]
+* [[Jewish secularism]]
+* [[Jews for Jesus]]
 * [[Messianic Judaism]]
+* [[Off the derech|Off the derech (OTD)]]
-* [[Jews for Jesus]]
+* ''[[The Jew in the Lotus]]''
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