Renewal Movement – Jewish Conversion
Preparation Process: This varies widely based upon the community and the rabbi one is working with.
Ritual Requirements: This varies widely based upon the community and the rabbi one is working with, but there tends to be both more appreciation of tradions, but also more willingness to reinterpret these traditions in the Renewal movement.
Costs: Unknown
Can this program be done online: Unknown
Is this program bi-religious friendly? Unknown
In what movements will this conversion be accepted?:
- Humanistic: Yes
- Reform: Yes (see CCAR responsa)
- Reconstructing Judaism: Yes (see RRA resolution)
- Renewal: Yes
- Conservative/Masorti: Possibly, if certain rituals like Bet Din and Mikveh took place. (see RA responsa)
- Orthodox: No
- Post-Denominational: Varies
Notes/Comments: I have found very little online about conversion through the Renewal movement, so if you have any good information or resources that should go on this page, please be in touch.