I was sitting in the office of my first rabbi during our first official conversion meeting. It was my first time seeing his office and I was highly amused at the significant amount of Batman paraphernalia all over the walls, dark wooden shelves, and cabinetry. There were comics amidst the
"I can't ask that. It's too personal." Miriam* shook her head at her husband's selection of a Passover themed conversation starter card. The cheerful matzah patterned back of the thick cardboard in contrast with her serious tone. Trying to distract myself from
Here All Along is the first book of author Sarah Hurwitz, the head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama and senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama. I've read this book twice now. The first time I read through it, my decision to convert became finalized. Reading it a
I am not a Jew with trembling knees. -Menachem Begin What a thing fear is. When I created this newsletter, I knew the topic of Jewish activism would be a bridge that would need to be crossed. I won't lie, the potential backlash of going into these discussions
Maybe Judaism has caught your interest and you've decided to learn more. Or you're returning to your roots after a dry spell and don't know where to start. Perhaps you've been studying for some time but have gotten stuck. Regardless of the
I can’t pin point the exact moment I knew I wanted to convert, but I do know it happened somewhere between reading Sarah Hurwitz’s book Here All Along and being adopted in a synagogue parking lot by my Jewish grandmother in August soon after my return to Texas.