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Category: Conversion Process and Personal Stories

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September 27, 2020

052 | Beit Done: Days of Awesome, Jewish Journey Limbo, and Holy Daze (One Year In)

Well, I did it! I had my Beit Din a couple weeks ago. I’ve been slammed since with these High Holy Days and all the work that entails with Nefesh, my buoyant, vibrant, supportive eastside Los Angeles community. After being slightly anxious way back in March to do this thing only to have it delayed 6 months, guess what? It […]

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 2 min read
September 15, 2020

051 | Beit Din Today: A Winding, Delayed Journey

The final leg in this unpredictable path is both exciting and daunting

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 37 sec read
August 30, 2020

050 | Rewind: Pesach, Patience, and Seinfeld-Era Memories of Matzah and Maror

Passover is one of the highlights of the Jewish calendar and nearing the home stretch of my Jewish journey to conversion, I was truly looking forward to experiencing it for the first time as an adult. The banter, the torah, the weird foods—the gathering is the biggest thing American Jews do during the year. So naturally Trump ruined it by […]

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 3 min read
July 31, 2020

049 | My Poor Jerusalem: Tisha B’av, Portland, and Grief

This week as I marked my first Tisha B’av as part of the community, booms filled the sky. Smoke filled the air in Portland and beyond, and I thought of all the atrocities that befell Israel over time and how we’re now seeing it again in America.

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 5 min read
July 24, 2020

048: Shabbat Shalom, The Middot Project, Nine Days of Av, and First Year of Learning

A special Shabbat greeting and some learning and action resources to share

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 1 min read

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