There's a new rabbi in town. Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn, who moved to Miami-Dade County in May and has started Adat Achim Synagogue in Sunny Isles, knows a great deal about those who convert to Judaism. Since his rabbinic career started more than a decade ago, Cukierkorn, 37, has converted many of th

What do the divisive debates between Americans over immigration policy and within the Jewish world over conversion have in common? As a rabbi who recently became an American, and who is actively involved in counseling potential converts to Judaism, I have noticed that these seemingly disconnected

AFTER FINISHING his pastrami-on-rye and his can of diet cream, and ordering a kosher hot dog covered with potato salad, and consuming the arrangement in three laborious bites, Rabbi Stephen Lerner turned to his lunch companion. "You want to see a fascinating case?"

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