I just joined the community and this is my first post, but I have been looking through the archives and I am so glad that a community like this exists!

Is there a single term that encompasses what an individual is while they are in the process of converting? I do not want to have to explain the conversion process to everybody who asks why I do not ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm Rachel. I'm thinking about converting. I've actually been thinking about it since I was a kid and didn't even know what converting was. I've always had a very strong connection with the Jewish culture and people. I can't explain it. It's like I have the deepest feeling in my heart that I belong there. I'm actually quite possibly Jewish by ( Read more... )

Shabbat Shalom! Just curious as to everyone's different ways of keeping Shabbat. For example, I'm into the candle, meal, temple, go home and relax/read/internet sort of thing for Fridays. On Saturdays, I just relax at home - with lights, yes.  My rabbis always mentioned if you're not going to do something, have a reason why and why not you're going ( Read more... )

Okay, so here's the deal. I have always been fascinated by the Jewish people. Mostly linked to WWII stuff, but pretty much all aspects of their culture. About a year ago, I was told by my dad that I actually am Jewish by birth on both sides of my family. Now, this is where it starts to get a bit sticky. I had the same question I'm sure many people ( Read more... )

Okay, a lot of this is going to probably sound like stupid questions, and for that, I deeply apologise. I've not even started a class to convert yet, so I feel like I know nothing sometimes ( Read more... )

We bought the cutest menorah last night for my boyfriend. It is a set of 5 pieces, with 4 pieces being shaped like a V, with candle holders at each end, and the 5th piece as a single square with a candle holder in it for the shamash ( Read more... )

So, to start off, I want to say I went to my first Orthodox shul this Friday. Congregation Beth Jacob in Atlanta (there's a link to their web site in a comment to an earlier post) was very welcoming. I noticed a decided lack of women. But we weren't screened off in the back, merely sitting on the side behind a low wall with decorative meshing (I ( Read more... )

   I started my classes in Hebrew on Monday night! I never thought it would come so easily to me. Although as I was practicing on Tuesday before it was time for my to catch the bus to my College, I looked at the bus scehduel and went up there to get it. However, I didn't realize that I read the bus scheduel from right to left and missed it entirely ( Read more... )

This goes along with a question someone asked a couple of weeks ago...

If someone asks if you're Jewish, and you're not, yet, what's to stop you from saying "Yes ( Read more... )