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

1. "The Christian B. Anfinsen Papers".
2. "Web Exclusives". First Things.
3. "Review".
4. "Holocaust Literature: Lerner to Zychlinsky, index".
5. "Finding My Religion".
6. http://books.google.com/books?id=SdwbFx9Dz8EC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=Mary+Doria+Russell+atheist+convert+to+judaism&source= web&ots=B3k3Y1x-zr&sig=V-x23lDfFw5fBjbJIhLQb1jJsEs
7. admin. "Actress-singer Mare Winningham an unlikely Jewish soul".
8. "500 Error".
9. "Los Angeles Times: Archives - Book on Sweetness of Belief Judaism: A former atheist who is now a rabbi makes the case for how God matters.".
10. "Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search".