Moses married a Midianite convert. Ruth converted to Judaism and King David was one of her descendants. One of the first great translations of the Hebrew Bible was made by a man known as Onkelos the Proselyte (that is to say, the convert). Jews still study the Targum of Onkelos (a translation into Aramaic) to this day.True, Jews haven't traditionally sought converts for 2000 years, and there are two good reasons: Until recently, under Christian and Islamic law, converts to Judaism were condemned to death, so to actively seek converts would put people's lives at risk. And, Jewish tradition does not say that non Jews are automatically condemned to Hell, so there is no need to convert people in order to save their souls. Jewish tradition holds that "all the righteous of the world have a place