JUBU
n.— «“It’s sort of a Jewish phenomenon that so many of us turned to Buddhism,” Katz said. “There’s even a name for Jews who switch. It’s ‘JUBU.’”» —“Ties That Bind: The Shared Pain Of Persecution Led Many South Florida Jews And Cuban Exiles To Tibetan Buddhism And The Dalai Lama” by Luisa Yanez Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) Apr. 15, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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