JewsByChoice.org

City, Sate and Country. State and Country are fine if you are worried about anonymity.

If you are a Jew by birth ‘Not Applicable’ is fine. If you have not yet converted for free to share your projected conversion date or simply put down ‘Not Applicable’.

What (if any) denomination are you affiliated with? If you are not currently affiliated with any what denomination did you convert via?

Pick the term which BEST describes how you CURRENTLY self-identify in terms of personal Jewish identity. Not to be confused with denominational affiliation.

Who are a few of your biggest Jewish (People, books, philosophies etc.) influences? Please make sure to use a comma between each name/term you enter. For example: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Mussar, Jewish Ethics, Kabbalah, Maimonides,

Feel free to share a little with us about your interests and hobbies.

Feel free to share a link to your blog or website.

We ask members to do this for two reasons. The first is that Gravatars help create a sense of community. The second is that having memebrs use Gravatar accounts helps us to weed out automated spambot registrations. We ask that all new members register a Gravatar account within 24 hours of creating their account.

JewsByChoice.org is a trans-denominational grassroots, peer run blog and online resource, providing Jews by choice (as well as other interested individuals) with opportunities for engaging with and discussing Jewish Identity, Tradition, Culture and Observance. While we want to maintain some flexibility in terms of topics for discussion, our focus is on issues related to Judaism, Jewish conversion and Jewish life post-conversion. We ask that members stick to topics/discussions which are relevant to our stated focus. Some important points to be aware of! While we understand that disagreements can arise from time to time, we ask that everyone respect the following rules. Failure to comply with any of the following may result in a member being temporarily or permanently banned from further participation on this website. Major rule violations that will get you expelled from the site include Anti-Semitic comments, proselytizing for other religions (including all forms of Messianic Judaism,) and/or personal attacks, i.e. insults or threats that have nothing to-do with the topic being discussed. Minor rule violations which may result in a warning or a temporary ban form the site. Bragging that your branch of Judaism is the only TRUE Judaism. Proselytizing for a particular branch of Judaism, if someone wants to know why you chose the way you did, you can tell them, but let them decide for themselves. Lastly, this website is a privately owned endeavour and therefore administrators and/or website staff reserve the right to revoke memberships and/or delete user accounts without notice. Please note that portions of this TOS have been adapted from the GEREITZEDEK e-mail lists rules of conduct. Also be advised that these Terms of Service are subject to change. Should any changes be made to the TOS, members will be notified via our on-site messaging system.