List of converts to Judaism from non-religious backgrounds
This list of notable converts to Judaism from atheism includes individuals who were non-believing or agnostic towards the belief in deity or deities.
- Mark Zuckerberg – computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman, chief executive officer and co-founder of social networking website Facebook[1]
- Christian B. Anfinsen – Nobel prize-winning chemist (Orthodox Judaism)[2]
- David P. Goldman, "Spengler" – columnist and former member of the LaRouche movement who embraced Judaism in the 1990s[3]
- Will Herberg – social philosopher and sociologist of religion; Jewish theologian; former atheist and Marxist of Jewish ancestry who was raised atheist[4]
- Benny Lévy - philosopher; last personal secretary of Jean-Paul Sartre[5]
- Hilary Putnam - philosopher raised in a Jewish-atheist home[6]
- Mary Doria Russell[7]
- Mare Winningham - actress[8][9]
- David Wolpe – a leading rabbi in Conservative Judaism; former atheist[10][11]
References[]
- ^ "The Washington Post".
- ^ "The Christian B. Anfinsen Papers".
- ^ "Web Exclusives". First Things.
- ^ Novak, David (1989). "Review". Journal of Law and Religion. 7 (1): 247–250. doi:10.2307/1051200. JSTOR 1051200.
- ^ Lillian Kremer, S.; Kremer, Klemens (2003). Holocaust Literature: Lerner to Zychlinsky, index. ISBN 9780415929844.
- ^ "Finding My Religion".
- ^ Broderick, Damien (2000). Transrealist Fiction: Writing in the Slipstream of Science. ISBN 9780313311215.
- ^ admin. "Actress-singer Mare Winningham an unlikely Jewish soul".
- ^ "500 Error".
- ^ "Los Angeles Times: Archives – Book on Sweetness of Belief Judaism: A former atheist who is now a rabbi makes the case for how God matters".
- ^ "Toledo Blade – Google News Archive Search".
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- Converts from atheism or agnosticism