Well, it's over. Between the hustle of getting the conversion finished, packing everything up, and spending time with my family before leaving for Israel, I've neglected writing. General space-cadetness is also to blame. In any case, at the end of April I had my last meeting with the rabbinate and was approved to finish the…
Getting Ready for the Second Meeting
Yikes - it's been almost five months since I last wrote! I went out of town to visit my family in June, and then caught Covid, and everything was so hectic for a few months that anything that wasn't of great importance fell to the wayside. Just before I visited my family in June, I…
On Hold… Indefinitely
Waiting to hear back from your rabbi, who's waiting to hear back from the sponsoring rabbinical court, who are busy dealing with their own congregations and coronavirus, is like sitting on hold with the IRS. You have to provide very specific information, and you have to remember it because the outcomes hinges on you having…
Conversion in the time of Covid, and Making a Home Jewish (kind of)
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of weirdness. Since I last wrote, the entire United States has essentially shut down to try to slow the spread of Covid-19. Putting all political and social analysis of the virus and its impacts aside, the process of my conversion seems to have been little affected thus…
Getting Familiar with Religious Anti-Zionsim and other Opinions on the Land of Israel
I'm a few days late because I went home to Utah to visit my family over the weekend! I had a fantastic trip. I don't get to see all my brothers at the same time very often, and this was the second time in less than a year that we were all together. Mike, who…
Exodus 