has made it necessary for the status of young convert to be remembered. Traditionally, there have been some matters of marriage law which specifically involve converts. They have been given broader latitude about whom they may marry, and this includes individuals of doubtful descent(Kid. 72b; Shulhan Arukh, Even Haezer 4.22). In this discussion, tradition has stated that this special status would continue until the tenth generation, or until the fact that"the family stemmed from a proselyte had been forgotten." A number of famous individuals have been specifically recalled as proselytes(Adiabne and Antipater in Josephus Antiquities XX 2; Onkelos in Meg. 3a; etc.).
Conversion to Judaism remains public knowledge. However, there is no intent to embarrass the convert. It would, therefore, be proper to have a public register of all life cycle events and conversions in the congregational library, yet it should be placed in such as way that it will not be used simply to satisfy idle curiosity.