I didn’t convert to Judaism because it was easy. I converted because, at a certain point, *not* converting became the harder choice.
For many people, the beginning of a Jewish journey doesn’t arrive with fireworks or certainty. It comes quietly – as a sense that your old life no longer fits, as questions that won’t leave you alone, as a longing you keep trying to reason away. This reel is about that moment. The small yes that comes before everything else. The confusion, the overwhelm, and the pull that keeps returning even when you don’t understand it yet.
If you’re standing at the edge of that doorway now – piecing things together late at night, wondering if there’s a better way to do this than alone – this is for you.
My membership Bayit Builders exists so you don’t have to navigate this alone. It’s a structured, supportive space for people building Jewish life with honesty, clarity, and room for real life. Doors open January 11–15. Learn more or join the wait list here.
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I didn’t convert to Judaism because it was easy.
I converted because I couldn’t not.
There was a point when my old life stopped fitting.
Not dramatically, mostly quietly.
The questions didn’t go. The longing didn’t go away.
And pretending that I could ignore it started to cost more than facing it.
The first Jewish doorway that I walked through was a tiny yes. A book, then a question, then a class.
A moment when I stopped talking myself out of this.
I didn’t fall in love with Judaism all at once. I felt overwhelmed by it.
But still something kept pulling me back.
I was piecing together Judaism at 2:00 AM on Google and through random posts on Twitter, and I remember thinking there has to be a better way.
So I built the thing that I wish I had had back then, 15 years ago.
I turned my mess into a method, a map instead of a maze, real support instead of silence or a bunch of strangers judging you on the internet.
If you’re standing at that doorway now, you don’t have to go through it alone.
My membership Bayit Builders opens its doors to new members January 11th through 15th, and the wait list is open now. Learn more at building a Jewish life.com/membership.
