There is actually a guidebook for converts. Of course, I didn’t know this. I didn’t even think to look. I had to get through all 50 odd books that the rabbi listed on the curriculum, forget going out there and looking for myself. The thing is, as I page through many books about conversion in… Continue reading Finding my place in the world…
Okay, I have fallen behind on blogging. That’s because I’ve been busy. Busy, you say? First things, first here are a couple of tititaling tidbits from the last couple of days. I finally finished the book the publisher, who’s interested in publishing a memoir of my conversion, sent me. If you haven’t been keeping track,… Continue reading Update on Publisher
When I met my husband, my life was on a general upswing. I was poor but happy. I had great friends. I’d just made the decision of a lifetime: to convert to Orthodox Judaism. I was making new friends for my new life. I was exploring uncharted territory. I was on a self-imposed man-fast. Because… Continue reading My husband, the hero
Hello from Jerusalem where I have continually assured friends who have been emailing me that we are far from the missiles being launched into Northern Israel. These are not words that I ever imagined having to formulate. It would seem that Israel is at war and all of us are on the edge of our… Continue reading War, Conversion, Modern Orthodoxy, etc.
I have officially been in pain for seven months straight with few days in-between where the pain was officially gone for a couple of hours. Meanwhile, I’m trying to get my things together before I leave for Israel. Laundry, medications, packing. I have a one-page paper to write and a five-page paper due by the… Continue reading In pain for seven months
As an almost Jew, one of the ways I find that I am lacking enormous amounts of information is when I run into the most traditional, Orthodox, well-versed, whatever you want to call it, Jews. These are the Jews who are superbly observant and do not think twice. They can summon together an eloquent dvar… Continue reading Reverse Anti-Semitism?
I am dropping my Hebrew II class. I can’t stand it. It’s so boring. I am going to have to study on my own and try to learn along the way but I definitely cannot continue. Maybe I can pick up the same class next “session” but I feel like I’m too tired to learn… Continue reading Awe of G-d or G-d is awesome…
I’ve been in love TWICE. Both times, I happened to be in love with Jewish men. At least one of the times, I was almost 99% sure it was love and I thought whatever I was feeling was reciprocated but now that I look back, I was too young to do much more than “play”… Continue reading Love, Judaism and Pride & Prejudice
AC came over to chill and we talked, hung, went to eat with his friend Mike but not before AC bought me $60+ worth of groceries. Yes, I am pathetic, my guy friends buy me groceries. But hey, I’m trying to talk him into being my back-up, back-up, back-up! Thanks, AC! Meanwhile, on the Jewish… Continue reading AC to the rescue!
NOT! It is entirely inappropriate to tell someone who is an Orthodox Jew…”HAPPY HALLOWEEN!” As a future convert, I told my friends I could not and would not be celebrating the holiday this year. Meanwhile, isn’t saying “Merry Christmas” just as bad? Should I start wishing my Rabbi a “Happy Halloween,” a “Merry Christmas” or… Continue reading HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 