List of converts to Judaism from non-religious backgrounds
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Wikipedia list article This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources . This list of notable converts to Judaism from atheism includes individuals who were non-believing or agnostic towards the belief in deity or deities. Mark Zuckerberg – computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman, chief executive officer and co-founder of social networking website Facebook Christian B. Anfinsen – Nobel prize-winning chemist (Orthodox Judaism) David P. Goldman , "Spengler" – columnist and former member of the LaRouche movement who embraced Judaism in the 1990s Will Herberg – social philosopher and sociologist of religion; Jewish theologian; former atheist and Marxist of Jewish ancestry who was raised atheist Benny Lévy - philosopher; last personal secretary of Jean-Paul Sartre Hilary Putnam - philosopher raised in a Jewish-atheist home Mary Doria Russell Mare Winningham - actress David Wolpe – a leading rabbi in Conservative Judaism ; former atheist "The Washington Post" . Holocaust Literature: Lerner to Zychlinsky, index . Transrealist Fiction: Writing in the Slipstream of Science . "Los Angeles Times: Archives – Book on Sweetness of Belief Judaism: A former atheist who is now a rabbi makes the case for how God matters" .1
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This is a list of notable converts to Judaism from Atheism and includes individuals who were non-believing or agnostic towards the belief in deity or deities. Anfinsen , Nobel prize-winning chemist (Orthodox Judaism) David P. Goldman "Spengler" - A columnist and former member of the LaRouche movement who embraced Judaism in the 1990s. Will Herberg , known as a social philosopher and sociologist of religion, as well as a Jewish theologian, he is also former atheist and Marxist of Jewish ancestry who was raised atheist Benny Lévy - Philosopher and last personal secretary of Jean-Paul Sartre . Hilary Putnam – Philosopher raised in a Jewish-atheist home. Mary Doria Russell Mare Winningham David Wolpe - A leading rabbi in Conservative Judaism and former atheist.
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