I apologize if you received multiple copies of yesterday’s post. Since I’ve been gone, Blogger has completely re-done their site, and I couldn’t make it work right. Sorry 🙁 Shabbat shalom! (And no, I currently have no idea if I’m back regularly. Maybe.)
Management Update: Sorry for yesterday’s technical hiccups Read Post »
Quite frankly, I’m tired of people bad mouthing conversion candidates who are married to a Jew or dating a Jew. When I was converting, it would often come up that I was single for most of the years of my conversion process and wasn’t dating once I formally entered the orthodox conversion process. Once the
In Defense of the Conversion Candidate in a Relationship Read Post »
I’m a lawyer, and that means I try to be precise with my language. I don’t always succeed, but I try. So this means I do a lot of Google searches of “define X” to make sure I’m using a word correctly for the idea I’m conveying. I don’t remember why, but I wanted to
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. We will Never Forget the six million who perished as Jews. But remember that only one Jewish grandparent made you a “Jew” to Hitler, so many Christians and Christian converts died as Jews. Even being married to someone classified as a “Jew” could be a death sentence. We also risk
Today is Yom HaShoah Read Post »
As of today, the blog is on indefinite hiatus. I may be done blogging; I don’t know. Regardless, the content already here will remain. Please refrain from emailing me, as I won’t be checking the account. After an incredibly inappropriate breach of my privacy, I think this blog has gotten out of control. This is
This blog is shomer Shabbat and Yom Tov. Tonight begins the last days of Pesach. Therefore, there is no post on Friday, April 13.
Chag Sameach! No Post on Friday. Read Post »
I used to be known as “the girl with the 3-legged cat.” Now the poor mutilated cat has been upstaged by some dirty, poor-mannered dogs. Now, if a stranger knows anything about me, they know I have “two huge dogs.” And in New York City, of all places! If I’m at a Shabbos table, this
The Growth of Dogs in the Jewish Community Read Post »
At the seder, the discussion always surrounds the rasha, the wicked child. We rarely discuss the other three children, and usually then, only to compare and contrast with the rasha. This year, I put a name to a long-standing part of myself: the child who doesn’t know how to ask the question. You can never
Conversion Candidates: The Child Who Doesn’t Know How to Ask Read Post »
Tonight starts Passover. Despite being chol hamoed, I intend to have posts next week. I hope you have a chag kasher v’sameach! So. Pesach is here. Let’s assume this is your first or second Pesach (particularly speaking to those of you who haven’t converted yet), and that you’re trying to “do it all” this year.
Pesach: The Red Sea Beach Diet Read Post »
Most of you are familiar with one thing batei din do in the modern world: convert people. But what else do they do? You’d be surprised. A beit din can do most of the things a secular court can, in addition to presiding over pure halachic issues. What doesn’t a beit din do? Hear criminal
What Does a Beit Din Do Besides Conversions? Read Post »