24.05.2012                      03.Siwan. 5772                    Tag 47 des Omer

Jüdische Welt:

New Bulgarian conversion course offering a pathway to ‘official’ Judaism

Community members not considered by halakha as Jewish seek recognition.

As a child, Gabrielle Pavlova pored over pictures of her Jewish paternal grandmother, who died decades before Pavlova was born.
The family had no other tie to Judaism, and Pavlova was fascinated. She delved into her Jewish heritage, read books and, ultimately, wrote her master’s thesis on Polish Jewish literature. Her Jewish roots, she says, were “very close to my heart and soul”….