Ahuvah Gray facts for kids

Ahuva Gray (born Delores Gray) is a writer who shares her life story and thoughts on religion. She used to be a Baptist minister. Later, she decided to convert to Judaism. She wrote about this big change in her book, My Sister, the Jew, which came out in 2001.

Her Life Story

Ahuva Gray is an African-American woman. She was born into a working-class Baptist family. This was in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. She is also related to the baseball player Lorenzo Gray.

Ahuva worked for 23 years as a flight attendant. She lived in Los Angeles during this time. She also became a Baptist minister.

Her Journey of Faith

Ahuva started to have questions about Christianity. She found things in the New Testament that seemed unclear to her. This made her want to find a new path for her faith.

She began to learn about Judaism. Ahuva felt that the Torah (Jewish holy texts) made the most sense. In 1996, she stopped being a Christian minister. She then completed her conversion to become an Orthodox Jew. She chose the name Ahuva, which means "beloved" in Hebrew.

Her Book and Home

Ahuva Gray wrote a book about her spiritual journey. It is called My Sister, the Jew. This book was published in 2001.

Since the late 1900s, Ahuva Gray has lived in Bayit VeGan. This is a neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel.