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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

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 came 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

^ "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.
^ http://ou.org.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/ja/5766/summer66/34_36.pdf

Bibliography

My Sister the Jew Philipp Feldheim Inc, (2001) ISBN 1-56871-276-6

External links

[1] "Ahuvah Gray". Ahuvah Gray. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.

[2] "Ahuva Gray". Jewishmag.com. February 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2010.

[3] ttp://ou.org.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/ja/5766/summer66/34_36.pdf

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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 worked for 23 years as a [[flight attendant]], living in Los Angeles. She came a Baptist minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ahuvahgray.com/reviews_JPOST.php |title=Ahuvah Gray |publisher=Ahuvah Gray |accessdate=3 August 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100727030951/http://ahuvahgray.com/reviews_JPOST.php| archivedate= 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 |accessdate=3 August 2010}}</ref>
+Gray worked for 23 years as a [[flight attendant]], living in Los Angeles. She came 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>
 She has written a book about this journey, entitled ''My Sister, the Jew'' (2001).