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Former Jews

Conversion to Christianity

The Jewish Encyclopedia gives some statistics on conversion of Jews to Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and Orthodox Christianity (which it calls "Greek Catholicism").^[1] 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 (Galizian Poland), 1,000 in Russia (Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania), 500 in Germany (Posen), and the remainder in the English world.

Abd-al-Masih (martyr) – killed by his father for converting^[2]
Michael Solomon Alexander – former Rabbi and first Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem^[3]
Petrus Alphonsi – physician in ordinary to King Alfonso VI of Castile^[4]
Juan Alfonso de Baena – medieval Castilian troubadour^[5]
Lovisa Augusti- opera singer and actress.^[6]
Eduard Bendemann – German painter^[7]
Sir Julius Benedict – English composer^[7]
Leo de Benedicto Christiano – medieval financier^[8]
Theodor Benfey – German philologist^[7]
Michael Bernays – German professor of literature^[7]
Gottfried Bernhardy – German philologist and literary historian^[7]
Ludwig Börne – German political writer and satirist^[7]
John Braham – English tenor opera star^[7]
Moritz Wilhelm August Breidenbach – German jurist^[7]
Paulus Stephanus Cassel – German who worked with the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People.^[7]
Julius Friedrich Cohnheim – German pathologist^[7]
Isaac da Costa – Dutch language poet^[7]
Abraham Capadose – Dutch physician and writer; friend of Isaac da Costa^[7]
Carl Paul Caspari – Norwegian theologian^[7]
Jehuda Cresques – Catalan cartographer^[9]
Ferdinand David – German virtuoso violinist and composer^[7]
Ludwig Dessoir – German actor^[7]
Benjamin Disraeli – British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party in the 19th century^[10]
Alfred Döblin – German expressionist novelist^[11]
David Paul Drach – Librarian of the Propaganda in Rome.^[7]
Alfred Edersheim – Biblical scholar^[7]
Rachel Felix – French-Swiss theatre actress^[7]
Pero Ferrús – Castilian poet^[12]
Achille Fould – French financier and politician^[7]
Heinrich von Friedberg – German jurist and statesman^[13]
Ludwig Friedländer – German philologist^[7]
Arnold Fruchtenbaum – Founder of Ariel Ministries ^[14]
Eduard Gans – German philosopher and jurist, exponent of the conservative Right Hegelians^[15]
Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt – German astronomer and painter^[7]
Heinrich Heine – German writer^[7]
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle – German physician, pathologist and anatomist^[7]
Jorge Isaacs – Colombian writer, politician and soldier^[16]
Heinrich Jacoby – German educator^[7]
Georg Jellinek – German legal philosopher^[17]
Paul S. L. Johnson – American scholar and pastor^[18]
David Kalisch – German playwright and humorist^[7]
Felix Philipp Kanitz – Austro-Hungarian naturalist, geographer, ethnographer, archaeologist and author of travel notes^[19]
Leopold Kronecker – German mathematician and logician^[7]
Lawrence Kudlow – American economist
Hermann Lebert – German physician^[7]
Karl Lehrs – German classical scholar^[20]
Osip Mikhailovich Lerner – 19th century Russian intellectual and lawyer^[21]
Fanny Lewald – German author^[7]
Jean-Marie Lustiger- Cardinal, former Archbishop of Paris ^[22]
Heinrich Gustav Magnus – German chemist and physicist^[7]
Ludwig Immanuel Magnus – German mathematician^[7]
Gustav Mahler – Composer (1860–1911)
Hugh Montefiore – Anglican Bishop of Birmingham from 1977 to 1987
Felix Mendelssohn – composer (1809–1847)^[7]
Karl Friedrich Neumann – German orientalist^[7]
Robert Novak – American Conservative Commentator
Harry Frederick Oppenheimer – South African businessman^[23]
Francis Palgrave – English historian^[7]
Corey Pavin – PGA golfer^[24]
Johannes Pfefferkorn – German theologian and writer^[7]
Friedrich Adolf Philippi – German Lutheran theologian^[7]
Lorenzo Da Ponte – Italian librettist^[7]
Harry Reems – Adult film actor.^[25]
David Ricardo – English political economist^[7]
Gillian Rose – British philosopher and sociologist^[26]
Moishe Rosen – Founder of Jews for Jesus^[27]
Joe Rosenthal – American photographer
Anton Rubinstein – Russian pianist, composer, and conductor^[7]
Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky – Episcopal Bishop of Shanghai, founder of Saint John's University, Shanghai, bible translator^[28]
Martin Eduard von Simson – German jurist and politician^[7]
Dan Spitz – lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Anthrax^[29]
Friedrich Julius Stahl – Prussian jurist and conservative thinker^[7]
Edith Stein – Nun, martyr, saint.^[30]
Mordechai Vanunu – considered a whistle-blower on Israel's nuclear programme who was subsequently kidnapped, tried and imprisoned by Israel.^[31]
Rahel Varnhagen (born Rahel Levin) – writer and saloniste^[32]
Simone Weil – French philosopher and activist ^[33]
Otto Weininger – Austrian philosopher^[34]
Joseph Wolff – German missionary^[7]
Sir Moses Ximenes – 18th century English merchant^[7]
David Levy Yulee, United States Senator from Florida^[35]
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. – American actor^[36]^[37]^[38]
Israel Zolli – former Chief Rabbi of Rome^[39]

References

^ "– Statistics:". Jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ Holweck, F. G. "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.
^ Alexander's Apostasy: First Steps to Jerusalem. by Brian Taylor, from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
^ "Alphonsi, Petrus." Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906
^ "Baena, Juan Alfonso De." Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906
^ "Nordisk familjebok, vol 1. A – Barograf". Runeberg.org. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap [1] Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906
^ Gregorovius, Ferdinand. Rome in the Middle Ages Vol. IV Part 1. 1905.
^ Hamy, Bulletin de Géographie, 1891, pp. 218–222.
^ 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.
^ "Simon, John Pursued by Nazis and Other Demons, New York Times, July 12, 1992". New York Times. 1992-07-12. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ Brian Dutton, Joaquín González Cuenca (editors), Cancionero de Juan Alfonso de Baena (Madrid: Visor Libros, 1993), 534–544.
^ [2] Friedberg, Heinrich, von) Jewish Encyclopedia
^ Online bio – http://www.ariel.org/bioagf.htm
^ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Gans, Eduard.
^ Carvajal, Mario. Vida y pasión de Jorge Isaacs. Manizales, 1937.
^ Duncan Kelly, "Revisiting the Rights of Man: Georg Jellinek on Rights and the State". Law and History Review vol. 22, no. 3 (Fall 2004).
^ A Brief Biography of Paul S.L. Johnson from the Present Truth Library, which catalogues the works of Paul S.L. Johnson.
^ http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=87&letter=K Kanitz, Felix Philipp] Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906.
^ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Lehrs, Karl.
^ 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.
^ Duquin, Lorene Hanley, A Century of Catholic Converts, Our Sunday Visitor: Huntington, Indiana, 2003, pp. 114–116.
^ "Famous Jewish Anglicans". Adherents.com. 2005-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ "– U.S. team at Ryder Cup led by believers in Jesus". Bpsports.net. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ David A Keeps. "The Observer". Observer.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ "The tragedy of Gillian Rose – Jewish social critic". Judaism. 1997.
^ Online Bio at http://www.jewsforjesus.org/about/headquarters/moishe
^ Moffett, Samuel Hugh, History of Christianity in Asia, Vol. 2: 1500–1900, Orbis Books: Maryknoll, New York, 2005, pg. 476.
^ Butcher, Andy. "Beliefnet.com". Beliefnet.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ Garcia, Laura. "Edith Stein — Convert, Nun, Martyr." Crisis 15, no. 6 (June 1997): 32–35
^ Long walk to freedom. The Guardian.
^ Duncan Campbell. "Long walk to freedom". Guardian. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ >[3]
^ Geschlecht und Charakter – Otto Weininger, Ladislaus Löb, Daniel Steuer, Laura Marcus – Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ "David Levy Yulee". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ "Trinity Broadcasting Network Interview". Tbn.org. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ Monday, Feb. 04, 1980 (1980-02-04). "Time on his involvement with PTL". Time.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Good News for Israel" videos^{[dead link‍]}
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Proposed merge with Modern converts to Christianity from Judaism

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No purpose in having two separate overlapping lists. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 02:38, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support, but don't bring over any names that have no inline sources, or are red-linked. These articles are supposed to be sourced lists of notable converts; no point in replicating the mess in other articles here. Jayjg ^(talk) 13:27, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, no, absolutely not. I'd gut it like a fish first. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 13:28, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds good to me! Jayjg ^(talk) 15:41, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Judiciously pruned, removing redlinks except where there was an inter-language link or reference. Otherwise seems ready for a merge. Klbrain (talk) 19:42, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 08:46, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Early Christians

Shouldn’t Jesus himself, Saint Mary, and pretty much all the apostles count? Why doesn’t this page mention that Christianity originated as a branch of Judaism and that the first Christians were mostly Jewish? I💖平沢唯 (talk) 23:04, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "– Statistics:". Jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[Holweck-2] Holweck, F. G. "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.

[3] Alexander's Apostasy: First Steps to Jerusalem. by Brian Taylor, from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

[4] "Alphonsi, Petrus." Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906

[5] "Baena, Juan Alfonso De." Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906

[6] "Nordisk familjebok, vol 1. A – Barograf". Runeberg.org. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[jewishencyclopediaC-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap [1] Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906

[8] Gregorovius, Ferdinand. Rome in the Middle Ages Vol. IV Part 1. 1905.

[9] Hamy, Bulletin de Géographie, 1891, pp. 218–222.

[10] 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.

[11] "Simon, John Pursued by Nazis and Other Demons, New York Times, July 12, 1992". New York Times. 1992-07-12. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[12] Brian Dutton, Joaquín González Cuenca (editors), Cancionero de Juan Alfonso de Baena (Madrid: Visor Libros, 1993), 534–544.

[jewishencyclopediaF-13] [2] Friedberg, Heinrich, von) Jewish Encyclopedia

[14] Online bio – http://www.ariel.org/bioagf.htm

[15] Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Gans, Eduard.

[16] Carvajal, Mario. Vida y pasión de Jorge Isaacs. Manizales, 1937.

[17] Duncan Kelly, "Revisiting the Rights of Man: Georg Jellinek on Rights and the State". Law and History Review vol. 22, no. 3 (Fall 2004).

[18] A Brief Biography of Paul S.L. Johnson from the Present Truth Library, which catalogues the works of Paul S.L. Johnson.

[19] ttp://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=87&letter=K Kanitz, Felix Philipp] Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906.

[20] Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Lehrs, Karl.

[21] 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.

[22] Duquin, Lorene Hanley, A Century of Catholic Converts, Our Sunday Visitor: Huntington, Indiana, 2003, pp. 114–116.

[23] "Famous Jewish Anglicans". Adherents.com. 2005-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[24] "– U.S. team at Ryder Cup led by believers in Jesus". Bpsports.net. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[25] David A Keeps. "The Observer". Observer.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[26] "The tragedy of Gillian Rose – Jewish social critic". Judaism. 1997.

[27] Online Bio at http://www.jewsforjesus.org/about/headquarters/moishe

[28] Moffett, Samuel Hugh, History of Christianity in Asia, Vol. 2: 1500–1900, Orbis Books: Maryknoll, New York, 2005, pg. 476.

[29] Butcher, Andy. "Beliefnet.com". Beliefnet.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[30] Garcia, Laura. "Edith Stein — Convert, Nun, Martyr." Crisis 15, no. 6 (June 1997): 32–35

[31] Long walk to freedom. The Guardian.

[32] Duncan Campbell. "Long walk to freedom". Guardian. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[33] >[3]

[34] Geschlecht und Charakter – Otto Weininger, Ladislaus Löb, Daniel Steuer, Laura Marcus – Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[35] "David Levy Yulee". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[36] "Trinity Broadcasting Network Interview". Tbn.org. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[37] Monday, Feb. 04, 1980 (1980-02-04). "Time on his involvement with PTL". Time.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[38] "Good News for Israel" videos^{[dead link‍]}

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