I’d be lying if I didn’t say I came into this book with a lot of…cynicism? I mean, really, this is the cover: Conversion to Judaism: Choosing to Be Chosen: Personal Stories by Rabbi Bernice K. Weiss with Sheryl Silverman And each chapter starts with a clipart graphic of a bouquet. I wish I were […]
And Now for Something Completely Different
And now for something completely different than yesterday. Something fun! A holiday parody! In all seriousness, this is one of the best adaptations of a song for a holiday that I’ve ever seen. Maybe just because I love Queen, but definitely worth a watch! And if you’re looking for some interesting new latke flavors to […]
Being a Maccabee Is Harder than It Sounds
Chanukah…a celebration of the courage to fight our enemies. It sounds so much nicer on paper. It is not nice in real life. I have always taken self-defense seriously…on paper. I never actually followed through on getting an education in it, not even a basic class when we had one every few weeks on my […]
Happy Chanukah! And Go Check Your Smoke Detectors. Now. I’ll Wait.
Chanukah starts today, a very early Chanukah this year. So I hope you enjoy hearing “Happy Hanukkah!” from every Tom, Dick, and Harry for weeks after Chanukah, until December 26! I used to correct people, but now I just accept it with a smile and move on. I guess you mellow out as you get […]
Can You Help Me Update the Resource Pages?
It is beyond time to update my links and blogroll pages. Can you help? What are your favorite online Jewish resources, Hebrew resources, conversion blogs, and anything else you think would be useful to a conversion candidate? Just drop them in the comments below! The internet is a very big place, as I’m sure you’ve […]
Book Review: Mommy Never Went to Hebrew School by Rabbi Mindy Avra Portnoy
The title really speaks for itself, right? I couldn’t NOT get this book. I’ve owned it for years, and it never fails to make me guffaw. This is the best possible title for a book on this topic. It remains one of my favorite books in my (ginormous) book collection. But in all seriousness, it’s […]
New Jewish Movies Available Online!
Welcome back to the real world, post-chag! Do your co-workers and classmates still remember you? I bet you have so much free time in those hours you’ve previously been spending prepping for yom tov each week. Sure, you could spend that time catching up on real life or learning Torah… or you could brush up […]
Pick Up the Orthodox Union’s Magazine this Chag for Stories on Conversion!
Going mainstream, y’all. Before digging into the details, I just want to say it’s nice to see conversion as the cover story in something as mainstream as the free magazine you pick up in shul to read when you need a break from davening on the chagim (I’ve heard people read them at home too, […]
“Oh, You’ve Got All Those Days Off!”
Ah…the fall chagim. When everyone (including you) eventually starts to get tired of hearing, “it’s a holiday again.” This is especially problematic in the school and workplace. When you become an orthodox Jew, you suddenly have a lot of holidays. Holidays that involve you not working, not driving, not answering your phone or emails, not […]
Word of the Day: Hefker
Hefker is a “term of art” in the Talmud, as we say in the legal world. That means it’s a word with a very precise meaning that may not line up exactly with how it’s used colloquially; not a word to throw around lightly. You mean exactly what it says. For instance, trespassing has a […]
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