#Prospective Convert

[trying-to-jew]

Constantly torn between my desire to convert and the crushing weight of knowing that I won’t be able to exist in the wider fandom spaces that I love without being constantly reminded that Jews are always guilty until proven innocent post-Oct 7.

[coming-home116]

stood in the shower yesterday and just talked aloud to HaShem

said 'whatever it takes, however long this takes, wherever i must go and who i have to meet, i will follow the call You've placed within me. though i might feel alone sometimes, i know im not, because You walk with me, as i find Your people'

does that count as hitbodedut?

[kaminos-de-leche-i-miel]

finally applied to study ladino! :) if, like me, you are a big linguistic nerd, i really recommend checking out the oxford school of rare jewish languages, applications are open until september 16!

[explorations-in-judaism]

My interest in Judaism was recently resparked by a conversation with my girlfriend. She is a devout catholic considering converting to Islam. Her reason: she believes in the teachings of Mohammed and has been drawn to it for years.

I told her I had the same prolonged interest in Judaism but worried it wasn't enough to convert. She asked me what would be

I'm trying to find the answer but there's just so much confusion. I don't know if I believe in Gd and it's scary to grapple with how this would change my family. Judaism fills my thoughts

[prospectivepomegranateseed]

ive identified my nearest synagogue but im worlds most anxious and autistic guy. i dont know the script for this. shakes. i cant email for shit </3

[wiisagi-maiingan]

In the books about Judaism I've been reading, there's a repeated emphasis on Jewish history being taught as something that happened not just in the past, but also to the people telling the stories in the present. The narrative is "it happened to us, to me" as opposed to "it happened to them."

This is something I've also noticed a lot in Native communities. They massacred us, they took our children, they banned our traditions, they forced us off our lands. There's no distancing ourselves from our ancestors, from the Native people of the past; their suffering is ours, their grief and pain and fear live in us.

I think this is a vitally important part of how certain groups interact with history; when your people are constant victims of extreme hate, of prejudice, of violence, you cannot afford to distance yourself from the past. The moment you do, you forget and you relax and you aren't prepared when that violence rears its head again. Because it will. If our history has taught us anything, it's that periods of quiet and "peace" (in the loosest sense of the word) for our people are the exception, they're temporary, and we need to remember that to survive.

[futureconvert]

i've done some research on the topic and from what i can tell it doesn't seem exceptionally common for reform jewish men to wear kippot outside of services, but i think that i want to be a 24/7 kippah wearer once i've fully converted/reached a point where the rabbis running the conversion class would be cool with it. i'm not sure how to explain why exactly, but something about the idea of wearing a kippah every day once i've become jewish is really meaningful to me and gets me kind of emotional.

[jewishbarbies]

me, knowing the majority of my boops came from jews i didn’t know existed until today:

[caintooth]

guy who isn’t even Jewish but worries constantly about if he would be a “good Jew” or not: yeah I dunno if conversion is right for me yet

[trying-to-jew]

I have my phone call with the rabbi in like an hour and I’m excited but also a nervous chihuahua

[revindicatedbyhistory-moved]

at this point its probably easier to be a non reactionary catholic than it is to be a non reactionary jew

[kaminos-de-leche-i-miel]

i just got an email saying that tomorrow i'm going to finally be interviewed to see if i can start my conversion????

people who are converting/have converted what should i expect from this meeting? how nervous should i be

[delightfullygiddy]

i'm working on the pipeline of infinite painter-> nomad sculpts -> Blender -> after effects. It's one im testing out both hypothetically and physically.

[actualselkie]

Do you wish to convert to Judaism because you actually believe in their doctrines and practices, or is it simply because you want more oppression points?

I don't need to justify shit to someone who doesnt even have the guts to put their name behind their bullshit. You do not know me or my life. This is the stupidest fucking ask I've ever seen in my life, and you are fucking stupid too.

[whatisachallah]

hi! i'm back. because i'm neurodivergent my special interests/hyperfixations wax and wane. going back to shul for the first time in months soon :)

[mercuriallily]

I still can't quite believe I was invited to Shabbat tomorrow