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The Eighth of Nisan

On the Hebrew calendar the eighth of Nisan began last night at sunset. That means, again according to the Hebrew calendar, it’s been exactly one year since the big dunk. Even though the year has gone by quickly it seems like it’s been forever. It just feels like me=Jew has just always been. My rabbi [...]

Conversion Ceremony

I am absolutely overwhelmed by how meaningful my conversion ceremony was. The mikvah was incredibly meaningful of course but it was a solitary event and its power was quiet and internalized. The conversion ceremony was as public as it could be and the power with which the community embraced me was awe inspiring. It was [...]

Mikvah

It’s almost too easy to say that it was everything I hoped it would be but that’s the truth. People I love were there, people I respect and have great affection for were there and then there was me, naked as the day I was born in the water saying blessings as a new Jew, [...]

I’ve Cleared My Schedule

One More Shabbat

Tonight begins the final shabbat before my legal conversion. I have changed and grown in so many ways over this past year. It’s been a long process of study and growth. Process being the key word. That means I don’t think that I’m going to be a fundamentally different person after the big dunk. I [...]

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The Thank You Note I’m Having Trouble Writing

You know I love me some thank you notes. Writing them, receiving them, buying them, sending them, cooing over them, the whole shebang. Yet I find myself struggling mightily tonight trying to write a thank you note. To cut myself a little slack I confess that this is a thank you note unlike any other [...]

Mikvah Date

April 2, 2009 9:30AM It’s kind of incredible how powerful and amazing all this feels.

Mikvah Date

April 2, 2009 9:30AM It’s kind of incredible how powerful and amazing all this feels.

Witnesses

I’m lining up witnesses for my visit to the mikvah and I’m overwhelmed with how genuinely honored people seem to be at having been asked. It’s such an honor to me that they said yes that it’s almost amazing to me that they’d be honored as well. On the flip side though, knowing how much [...]