Search
- Jul 14, 2020
Wandered Jews
It makes news, but the wandered Jew is not new. In the past it took religious conversion. I am not talking about forced conversions, but opportunistic attempts at social climbing and acceptance. Today it’s less about being a Jew and more about Zionism. Today’s conversion looks like an attempt to fit into a Zionist-ambivalent world. Today all it takes is a few words in the New York Times – No need for Baptism, no Quranic phrase in Arabic to master, no need for a name change, n