The McJunkin family – Chad-Sholom, Nechama Liba and their eleven children – have made a long and eventful journey of faith, beginning with conversion to Judaism and ending this week with aliyah, the Hebrew term for moving to Israel. The timing could not be more significant for this family from the American south, as both their conversion last year and their arrival in Israel this year took place around the time of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
The McJunkins caught the media’s attention last year, when they first converted to Judaism. Speaking to The Times of Israel then, father Chad (who adopted the Hebrew name Sholom), told of the family’s long search for meaning in their lives. Once practicing Mormons, they even joined an Amish community for two years, eschewing technology in the pursuit of holiness.
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