Vladimir Nabokov's views on religion and religious conversion are explored in his writing and personal background.

In 1958, David Ben-Gurion, Israel's prime minister, asked 51 Jewish scholars for input on defining Jewish identity, particularly in cases of mixed marriages where the mother is not Jewish and the child wants to be registered as Jewish.

In a recent podcast episode, Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss Benny Gantz's rise in Israeli politics despite his elusive opinions, the topic of mixed marriages in Israel exemplified by a Muslim anchorwoman marrying a Jewish actor, and the debate around transforming Jerusalem into a hub for the creative class.