A Catholic priest who became an orthodox Jew

Monday, May 21st, 2018

Before he converted to Judaism Abraham, Carmel had served as a Catholic priest for 10 years.

And the Catholic Church was not his first spiritual home. He had grown up in London in an Anglican family and turned to Catholicism in his 20s. Read more

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