tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post3707205075035393233..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: Is There a Stigma Against Converts?Kochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-10889076090148620232013-05-26T21:02:04.258-04:002013-05-26T21:02:04.258-04:00Myth: converts will always know less than even the...Myth: converts will always know less than even the biggest am haaretz among the FFB crowd. I converted 16 years ago. I was hareidi for 15 years before becoming more modern orthodox. I lived in Israel for 8 years, and fluent in Hebrew, and am planning a second aliyah. I have done siyyumim on both talmuds, the major rishonim (and some people have never heard of), tur v'shulchan arukh, and am Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-31591877226850499312013-03-13T21:12:56.355-04:002013-03-13T21:12:56.355-04:00Originally posted: August 9, 2011 at 2:48 PM
New ...Originally posted: August 9, 2011 at 2:48 PM<br /><br />New Anonymous, your situation must be very difficult, both for you and your son! There may be a stigma as well, but the reason the rabbi gave you is legitimate for a rabbi of any movement. Similarly, adults who convert usually are not allowed to convert their children with a non-Jewish other-parent unless they have sole custody. Even if theyKochavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-33045262968069107392012-12-19T15:52:02.255-05:002012-12-19T15:52:02.255-05:00There is a stigma, but there isn't. What it c...There is a stigma, but there isn't. What it comes down to is people. Some people like vanilla ice cream and others think it is disgusting. One Orthodox Rabbi and Rebbetzin invited a convert to partake of their Seder meal. Another Orthodox Rebbetzin revoked an invitation to a Yontif meal upon learning the invitee was a convert. Not everyone likes likes vanilla, but the majority do. Take Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-47729551794500872622012-12-08T03:02:41.444-05:002012-12-08T03:02:41.444-05:00I have seriously been considering converting to Ju...I have seriously been considering converting to Judaism. I'm not really anything at the moment, but I was raised Catholic. The love of my life is Jewish, and while he is not pressuring me even a little, I am considering it. However, my family does not even tolerate that I am dating someone outside of their religion. I know I shouldn't care. If I convert, it will be for me, not for my Maryhttp://zoloftandcoffee.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-33715372213506395292012-03-04T14:28:02.384-05:002012-03-04T14:28:02.384-05:00Depending on your background, you and your childre...Depending on your background, you and your children may be discriminated against in different communities, especially in schools, etc. in ISrael as well as abroad. Be prepared for the teasing being done by children against other children, who were not raised properly, even if their parents are Rabbis. This happens a lot, and I've heard even to Devorah Schwartzbaum (Bamboo Cradle). <br /><br Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-64460253266517085062011-08-09T09:31:55.625-04:002011-08-09T09:31:55.625-04:00Like Anonymous #2, I am wondering about converts o...Like Anonymous #2, I am wondering about converts of color. I am a black woman who married a non-observant Jew. We are now divorced, but one of the issues that remain is the religious upbringing of our son. He had a hospital circumcision because we could not find a willing moyel. Our son attends a liberal Jewish preschool 3 mornings a week (it's a good school and my former mother-in-law is onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-63877754612116772312010-12-14T01:35:02.232-05:002010-12-14T01:35:02.232-05:00Anonymous #2: What a terrible situation! I'm s...Anonymous #2: What a terrible situation! I'm sorry to hear it! <br /><br />It's unclear whether you mean physical or emotional attacks. Regardless of which it is, I think you should seriously consider moving to a different community (or maybe different part of town, if that might help) if that is at ALL possible. You don't have to take that! And your sanity and well-being is worth CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-52070460631679785932010-12-13T13:41:12.383-05:002010-12-13T13:41:12.383-05:00Anonymous Nov.26
I am a convert and I have been a...Anonymous Nov.26<br /><br />I am a convert and I have been attacked in public for being Jewish. No one came to my aid.<br /><br />I wonder how much more Jewish do I have to be?<br /><br />Some people are sooo anti-semetic that they hate me simply for my faith and wearing a Star of David.<br /><br />AS a Jewish Convert, and a woman of color it is like walking a mine field everytime I walk out of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-37931969419874481062010-11-26T13:47:17.752-05:002010-11-26T13:47:17.752-05:00I am a convert. I know the feeling of converting. ...I am a convert. I know the feeling of converting. It is rough on the other side. People have actually sat between me and their sons so my non-DNA Jew body won’t be near them.<br /><br />This make me think of 2 things:<br />1. “A Jew is A Jew” and the only people who don’t believe that are people who think G-d is a liar. If they think G-d is a liar in what makes a Jew a Jew then perhaps they thinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-12697075766990123602010-11-23T04:39:23.748-05:002010-11-23T04:39:23.748-05:00Hehehe, Sarah, I was on my first date after my con...Hehehe, Sarah, I was on my first date after my conversion with a man who had seen me on the other side of the mechitza at weekday morning services, that's right I said weekday, he offered to teach me borai nefashos. I said, "we had pasta, al chamichiya..." he said, "I don't know that by heart." I said, "no problem, I do. However, you really should learn it. It'Michaltastikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358698308334285154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-22949161756489871742010-11-19T11:06:08.545-05:002010-11-19T11:06:08.545-05:00Another stereotype is that BTs/converts are illite...Another stereotype is that BTs/converts are illiterate or clueless. My path to Orthodoxy is too complicated to summarize here, but one prominent feature was the years I spent in a conservative Jewish day school as a child. There I learned Hebrew and had limmudei kodesh classes (taught from a conservative perspective). Now when I'm at an Orthodox shul, shiur, whatever, anyone who knows I wasn&Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-29472240907660820152010-11-19T10:47:15.007-05:002010-11-19T10:47:15.007-05:00I really think that any person who takes the step ...I really think that any person who takes the step to change their entire life around and become Jewish is absolutely amazing!<br />It's pretty sad when people don't see it this way. Focusing on the unbelievable amount of strength it must take to become a Jew makes me stand in awe of you!!Devorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467731180285925143noreply@blogger.com