Finding a Home in Judaism
For those of us who are converts or baal teshuva, finding a home amongst the Jewish people can be a difficult task. I have been thinking a lot about where I, as a convert, fit in amongst the Jewish people.
I converted to Conservative Judaism in August, 2000. My journey actually began in 1998 while living [...]
Yet Another Post on Men in Non-Orthodox Judaism: A Successful Solution?
Hi all,
So, I’ve basically been out of commission as a contributer on this site due to the arrival of our now-12-pound bundle of joy, a road trip for work, family visiting from overseas, and a vacation. Hopefully I’ll be posting regularly again now, and working on some new projects for JBC.org, and it will be [...]
To Talit? Revisited.
Last December, on the one year anniversary of our engagement to be precise, I wrote a post entitled “To Talit… or Not to Talit…That is the Question”. At that time I was examining my feelings around the subject of myself and talit wearing. This was not really a post about whether or not women should [...]
Rabbis Explain Why People Become Orthodox
There has been an interesting series posted on the Hirhurim Musings blog about Why People Become Orthodox, and I thought it would be useful to share here simply because the perspectives of many Conservative rabbis are shared. Essentially a question was posed to a number of rabbis across the spectrum of Judaism, and as far [...]
Video: Darby Leigh On Being Deaf & A Rabbi
This video showed up in my feed reader this morning and I thought, that in light of JBC.org’s recent posts on disabilities and egalitarianism, this was something worth sharing.
Mazal Tov to Rabbi Leigh on his recent ordination.
