http://to.pbs.org/1AqOBt4 Despite the sometimes lengthy and challenging process—and concerns that converted Jews are not "100 percent" Jewish—many converts find fulfillment and a sense of identity in the Jewish faith. According to Shmuly Yanklowitz, an Orthodox rabbi and himself a convert, Judaism will need to become more inclusive and more accepting of converts to survive in the 21st century.

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