Unlike many other religions, Jews don’t proselytize, which is why there are only about 14 million Jews in the world. However, ’sincere converts’ can be and are accepted as Jews, with a long list from Ruth the Moabite to soul singer Jackie Wilson, Ivanka Trump, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Connie Chung, and Campbell Brown, but of course I like Elizabeth Banks best.
Often, the conversion process requires up to a year of study with a rabbi, immersion in a mikva for women or circumcision for men, and many other signs of dedication. Lindsay Lohan seems to understand the importance of sincerity in conversion; asked if she was converting, she said “I’m trying.”
Does Britney, who wears a Jewish star in the picture below, understand?
But if she become Jewish, she would be far from the blackest of black sheep. I’m not even talking Tom Arnold here. Historically the worst would be Nero, who supposedly converted to Judaism to avoid God’s wrath, but Liberian dictator Charles Taylor can certainly give him a run for his money.
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