ARTS AND CULTURE

Sarah Mintz

Actor

Sarah Mintz is a Colombian actress and former telenovela star who converted from Catholicism to Judaism. Born Maritza Rodríguez Gómez, in 2001 the Spanish-language soap opera star met Emmy Award-winning Mexican television producer Joshua Mintz, a Conservative Jew who "went to shul two days a year," he said. She said the couple grew together spiritually, married in 2005, and together with their twin boys, Akiva and Yehuda, moved to Jerusalem in April 2023. In an Israeli TV interview following the move, Mintz grew emotional discussing the moment when she stood in front of the rabbinic court in Israel to complete her conversion to Judaism. "The rabbis asked me: Are you sure?" she recalled. "I'm proud to be Jewish, it's a joy for me, it's easy — it's like being born again without dying. It's being in the right place. It's wonderful." Most recently the star of the Telemundo show “Silvana sin lana," she now describes herself on Instagram as a "Jewish orthodox fashion and lifestyle influencer." (Photo: Facebook)