(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Two Moslems embraced Judaism in Jerusalem this week.
Tahar Ibn Ahmed, 35, a resident of Jerusalem, was admitted into the Jewish faith during this week. Yakub Bibi, 25, a resident of Beirut, came to Jerusalem, and was accepted into the Jewish faith yesterday in the presence of many rabbis.
In accordance with Jewish tradition, the converts assumed the name of Abraham Ben Abraham.
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