PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

HALAKHAH AND ULTERIOR MOTIVES- Rabbinic Discretion and the Law of Conversion

Mark Washovsky

RETROACTIVE ANNULMENT OF A CONVERSION- A Survey of Representative Halakhic Sources

David Ellenson

SINCERE CONVERSION AND ULTERIOR MOTIVES

Bernard M. Zlotowitz

AMBIVALENCE IN PROSELYTISM

Moshe Zemer

WITHOUT MILAH AND TEVILAH

Richard Rosenthal

CONVERSION AND THE DEVELOPING REFORM HALAKHAH

Walter Jacob

SELECTED REFORM RESPONSA

Conversion Without Formal Instruction

Gerut and the Question of Belief

Convert from Another Land Conversion and Church Membership Mental Competency of a Convert The Pregnant Proselyte Converting a Married Woman

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