Category Archives: Conversion

Converting To Judaism

From a series of my FB posts: The ethnic tribal national peoplehood component of Judaism took me the longest time to get (as compared to the Torah and God components, which seemed self-evident). I remember walking into temple for the … Continue reading

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Orthodox Jewish Law Courts In LA Forbid Potential Converts From Jewish Social Events

A few months ago, almost all of LA’s Orthodox Batei Din (Jewish law courts) for conversion agreed with the Rabbinical Council of California‘s (RCC) decision to forbid those in the process of converting to Judaism from going to Jewish social … Continue reading

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Converting To Judaism

I’m noticing folks going through the Orthodox conversion to Judaism not only throwing away all their pants and only wearing skirts, covering up tattoos, dropping off Facebook, and severely reducing their social life so as to minimize potential trouble. They … Continue reading

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Why Did I Convert To Judaism?

* I wanted to be part of the most effective group for making a better world. A group that had a divine recipe (Torah). * I wanted to improve myself. * I wanted to belong to a transcendent community (without … Continue reading

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Luke Ford Shabbaton At Westwood Jewish Center – Friday Night Dinner Speech

My Shabbaton has finished at the http://jewishwestwood.com shul. Friday night, I said something like this (some of the following I thought about saying but did not): I broke out of davening tonight like a bat out of hell. I was … Continue reading

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