List of converts to Judaism from non-religious backgrounds

This list of notable converts to Judaism from atheism includes individuals who were non-believing or agnostic towards the belief in deity or deities.

Christian B. Anfinsen - Nobel prize-winning chemist (Orthodox Judaism)^[1]
David P. Goldman, "Spengler" - columnist and former member of the LaRouche movement who embraced Judaism in the 1990s^[2]
Will Herberg - social philosopher and sociologist of religion; Jewish theologian; former atheist and Marxist of Jewish ancestry who was raised atheist^[3]
Benny Lévy - philosopher; last personal secretary of Jean-Paul Sartre^[4]
Hilary Putnam - philosopher raised in a Jewish-atheist home^[5]
Mary Doria Russell^[6]
Mare Winningham - actress^[7]^[8]
David Wolpe - a leading rabbi in Conservative Judaism; former atheist^[9]^[10]

References

Lists of religious converts to and from world religions

Abrahamic

Bahá'í Faith converts	from Christianity Islam

Christian converts	from Nontheism Buddhism Confucianism Hinduism Islam Judaism Paganism Sikhism Zoroastrianism

Former Christians	Left to Nontheism Buddhism Hinduism Islam Judaism Sikhism

Muslim converts	from Nontheism Buddhism Hinduism Christianity Judaism Paganism Zoroastrianism

Former Muslims	Left to Atheism Hinduism Christianity

Jewish converts	from Irreligion Christianity Paganism

Former Jews	Left to Atheism Bahá'í Hinduism Islam Christianity

Other converts	Catholicism

Dharmic

Buddhist converts	from Hinduism Christianity

Former Buddhists	Left to Hinduism Islam Christianity

Hindu converts	from Buddhism Christianity Islam

Former Hindus	left to Buddhism Islam Christianity Sikhism

Sikhism converts	from Hinduism

Former Sikhs	Left to Christianity

Other

other converts	Nontheism Paganism

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