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Students have the ability to choose from Conservative/Masorti, Reform, Jewish Renewal, Humanistic and post-denominational/pluralistic conversions. Due to ...
Sun, 21 Nov, 2021 at 12:39 PM
No, we do not turn students away three times. If we feel our program is not appropriate for you, our decision will be final unless we tell you ot...
Mon, 25 Jan, 2016 at 1:08 PM
Our program is designed to take ten months. In some cases, students are able to finish their coursework in fewer than ten months. However, it is at thei...
Tue, 2 Nov, 2021 at 11:47 AM
The Darshan Yeshiva accepts Jewish students in interfaith relationships
in any of our programs.
Note that for the conversion program, there may be...
Thu, 13 Aug, 2015 at 12:51 PM
Currently, a few of our rabbis will do conversions where there is a
non-Jewish spouse, provided that if you have young children, that they will be raised ...
Tue, 18 Aug, 2015 at 1:33 PM
Yes, and no. If you have young children in the home, you are required to raise them as Jews. Some of our rabbis will do conversions without requiring th...
Thu, 14 Dec, 2017 at 10:48 AM
Absolutely!
Currently all of our rabbis will do conversions for LGBT people.
Additionally, FTM transgender persons are not required to perform brit...
Tue, 18 Aug, 2015 at 1:40 PM
It is important to understand that the Jewish community outside of the United States is organized very differently. For example, some require that you show...
Wed, 16 Nov, 2022 at 10:34 AM
Our program was designed by our staff and volunteers. In addition,
it was peer reviewed by rabbis serving Conservative and
non-denominational synagogue ...
Tue, 18 Aug, 2015 at 1:55 PM
ChromeStudents do not need any special technology to participate in independent study programs. Some students outside the USA benefit from using a VPN to wa...
Tue, 26 Oct, 2021 at 1:41 PM