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
A flight attendant, also known as steward/stewardess or air host/air hostess, is a member of the aircrew aboard commercial flights, many business jets and some government aircraft. Collectively called cabin crew, flight attendants are prima ...
, living in Los Angeles. She came a Baptist minister. 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
In Christianity, a minister is a person authorised by a church or other religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidanc ...
and completed conversion to become an Orthodox Jew. She took the name of Ahuva.
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.
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References
Bibliography
*''My Sister the Jew'' Philipp Feldheim Inc, (2001)
External links
* http://www.jewishmag.com/64mag/ahuva/ahuva.htm
* http://www.aish.com/ci/a/48943156.html
* http://www.jewishjournal.com/community_briefs/article/from_baptist_to_beshert_20010406/
* http://www.aish.com/societyWork/arts/From_Mississippi_to_Mount_Sinai.asp
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