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Gray is [[African-American]] and was born to a Baptist working-class family in the [[North Lawndale, Chicago|Lawndale]] neighborhood of Chicago. She is a relative of baseball player [[Lorenzo Gray]]. |
Gray is [[African-American]] and was born to a Baptist working-class family in the [[North Lawndale, Chicago|Lawndale]] neighborhood of Chicago. She is a relative of baseball player [[Lorenzo Gray]]. |
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Gray worked for 23 years as a [[flight attendant]], living in Los Angeles. She |
Gray worked for 23 years as a [[flight attendant]], living in Los Angeles. She became a Baptist minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ahuvahgray.com/reviews_JPOST.php |title=Ahuvah Gray |publisher=Ahuvah Gray |access-date=3 August 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100727030951/http://ahuvahgray.com/reviews_JPOST.php| archive-date= 27 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> She began to doubt [[Christianity]] when she found what she believed were discrepancies in the [[New Testament]]. Her discovery prompted a process of searching for a renewed faith. Eventually she found and studied Judaism; Gray believed that the Torah made the most sense. In 1996, she gave up her position as a [[Christian minister]] and completed conversion to become an Orthodox Jew. She took the name of Ahuva.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishmag.com/64mag/ahuva/ahuva.htm |title=Ahuva Gray |publisher=Jewishmag.com |date=February 2003 |access-date=3 August 2010}}</ref> |
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She has written a book about this journey, entitled ''My Sister, the Jew'' (2001). |
She has written a book about this journey, entitled ''My Sister, the Jew'' (2001). |
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Since the late 20th century, Gray has lived in [[Bayit VeGan]], [[Jerusalem]].<ref>http://ou.org.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/ja/5766/summer66/34_36.pdf</ref> |
Since the late 20th century, Gray has lived in [[Bayit VeGan]], [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite web|date=Summer 2006|author=Mordechai S Chiller|url=http://ou.org.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/ja/5766/summer66/34_36.pdf|access-date=16 April 2023|website=Jewish Action|title=A Former Minister Finds Torah|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704225742/http://ou.org.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/ja/5766/summer66/34_36.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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* http://www.jewishmag.com/64mag/ahuva/ahuva.htm |
* [http://www.jewishmag.com/64mag/ahuva/ahuva.htm Ahuvah Gray] |
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* http://www.aish.com/ci/a/48943156.html |
* [http://www.aish.com/ci/a/48943156.html Gifts of a Convert] |
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* http://www.jewishjournal.com/community_briefs/article/from_baptist_to_beshert_20010406/ |
* [http://www.jewishjournal.com/community_briefs/article/from_baptist_to_beshert_20010406/ From Baptist to Beshert] |
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* http://www.aish.com/societyWork/arts/From_Mississippi_to_Mount_Sinai.asp |
* [http://www.aish.com/societyWork/arts/From_Mississippi_to_Mount_Sinai.asp From Mississippi to Mount Sinai] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218064424/https://www.aish.com/societyWork/arts/From_Mississippi_to_Mount_Sinai.asp |date=18 February 2020 }} |
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Ahuva Gray (née Delores Gray) is a writer on religion and memoirist. She is a former Baptist minister who converted to Judaism and chronicled her changing beliefs in the book My Sister, the Jew, published in 2001.
Biography
[edit]Gray is African-American and was born to a Baptist working-class family in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. She is a relative of baseball player Lorenzo Gray.
Gray worked for 23 years as a flight attendant, living in Los Angeles. She became a Baptist minister.[1] She began to doubt Christianity when she found what she believed were discrepancies in the New Testament. Her discovery prompted a process of searching for a renewed faith. Eventually she found and studied Judaism; Gray believed that the Torah made the most sense. In 1996, she gave up her position as a Christian minister and completed conversion to become an Orthodox Jew. She took the name of Ahuva.[2]
She has written a book about this journey, entitled My Sister, the Jew (2001).
Since the late 20th century, Gray has lived in Bayit VeGan, Jerusalem.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ahuvah Gray". Ahuvah Gray. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ^ "Ahuva Gray". Jewishmag.com. February 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ^ Mordechai S Chiller (Summer 2006). "A Former Minister Finds Torah" (PDF). Jewish Action. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
Bibliography
[edit]- My Sister the Jew Philipp Feldheim Inc, (2001) ISBN 1-56871-276-6
External links
[edit]- Ahuvah Gray
- Gifts of a Convert
- From Baptist to Beshert
- From Mississippi to Mount Sinai Archived 18 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- American Orthodox Jews
- Converts to Judaism from Baptist denominations
- Converts to Orthodox Judaism
- Living people
- American emigrants to Israel
- Israeli people of African-American descent
- African-American Jews
- African-American former Christians
- Jewish women writers
- Flight attendants
- American women writers
- 21st-century African-American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century African-American writers
- 21st-century African-American people