Back story: I live with my mom and finally told her that I wanted to convert after like 4 yrs of wanting to tell her and she basically said that when I no longer lived under her roof I could do whatever I wanted. Which was better than her disowning me or something since she's a hard core catholic and made me go to parochial school for practically ( Read more... )

So my family is still Catholic.

I stopped by my folk's house Friday night on my way to shul and as a parting shot my mother starts cooing to my 8 month old " SANTA CLAUS is coming tomorrow Roland! Tomorrow SANTA will be bringing you gifts Words cannot express how FURIOUS this made me. However, I kept my cool. I calmly asked my mother to not do ( Read more... )

I've heard a few good-natured "Jew jokes" from friends/relatives since I started on the conversion path. It doesn't bother me because I know they're just joking and support my decision. But today I had an encounter that left me a little rattled. I visited my mom's house, and while talking to my younger brother, my older brother started telling Jew ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, I'm really glad I've found this place (however, for the life of me, I don't remember just how I stumbled upon it). A little background on me before I ask a couple questions.

( It all started with a baby born into a Baptist family... )