23, she/her | converting to ✡︎ from †. jtwitter enjoyer, (reluctant) cavs and (enthusiastic) fever fan, & lover of reality tv + taylor swift. very annoying
choosing to covert to Judaism as an adult is really fun because you discover that many people who you love and respect either harbour antisemitic beliefs or are not bothered by antisemitism 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
one of the worst things about converting to judaism is what people who are not aware of your conversion will say around/to you. i have heard such horrible antisemitic things from people i used to deeply respect
my friends rabbi is in the stop Jewish hate ad that just aired, and he told us on Tu Bishvat that he was going to be in a Super Bowl ad and when it didn’t air we thought he was lying 😭 looks like he was in an Oscars ad instead
being religious is great. I just received a diagnosis that means I probably can’t go to law school in the fall, but I’m totally fine with it because I believe that Gd is paving the way for something better for me. like faith genuinely brings so much comfort
I checked out
@AbbyChavaStein
‘s memoir from the local library this afternoon and could not put it down - I finished it in a few hours. Abby is such a masterful storyteller, and her memoir was so powerful for so many reasons. 🤍
my best piece of lore is that I am one of my great aunts favourite family members (she is 93 years old & a *very* religious Catholic nun) and no one tells her I’m converting to Judaism because they think the shock of it might actually kill her
@RandomBeachGirl
@b_bsure
hey - I hope this tweet didn’t come across as racist (pls let me know if it did, I will delete it). just wanted to point out the difference in their moods after the convo :)
@Nowbz
imagine us fans in diff countries that can’t watch feeds 😭 I wake up every day and try to sift thru the MESS that is bbtwitter bc these houseguests just do not stop ever
my mom is trying to set me up with a guy at a hockey game we’re at, but I am too busy down a Google rabbit hole trying to figure out if king David was ginger
@GonyouShannon
I’m on my way there. your journey has helped me so much in being comfortable in who I am, and I can’t wait to join the amazing family of Judaism ❤️
have discovered that one of my sister’s friends (not Jewish) tells people she’s Jewish because “it’s easier than explaining that I don’t like/eat pork” ?????? what planet is this woman on
have sent no fewer than 4 emails to my dad and his siblings this week about my genealogy discoveries.
i have become my grandfather, only worse - i have access to a computer
my mom is funny because she is a devout Catholic and yet her only qualm with my conversion to Judaism is that it will “shrink the dating pool considerably”
I still have many issues with Pope Francis but I cannot overstate how impactful his papacy has been. SO many people I know / grew up w/ have come around on issues because of something he said in a sermon or in an official capacity. thanks sm
@Pontifex
❤️
I have a relative who is a saint in the Catholic Church, and I found out today that while she was excommunicated for a time and forbidden from contacting any church members, she was sheltered by a Jewish businessman who allowed her to live in one of his homes rent free. 🤍
thinking about the guy my friend went out w who displayed the entirety of the diary of a wimpy kid series directly next to his seforim. hope he’s doing well
@shulwineaunt
no advice, just solidarity. it’s tough when your family doesn’t support you, but just know there is an entire community that does support you 🤍
seeing Jews with similar views to mine be labelled as k*pos, self hating, fake, etc has seriously shifted my perspective. before 10/7, it never occurred to me that I wouldn’t be accepted or embraced once I finished my conversion.
I think a lot of my perspective on this is influenced by the irl community I am around - who mostly have political views that do not align with mine. maybe I just need to expand my understanding of community and move to a city with a more diverse community
me circa 7am: why do I live somewhere that has this much snow. I hate it here.
me after making a snowman with the kids I babysit: the snow is a magnificent phenomenon that we are lucky to experience. we must cherish and celebrate it. I love Canada.
(and this should go without saying but I am well aware that I am not entitled to belonging or acceptance in the Jewish community. I would just hope that I would merit it after finishing my conversion, regardless of my views on this war)
lots of people have sent me this article (& many more ask me the question it addresses), and I finally got around to reading it. it is really well done, and it was so affirming to read about people on the same path as me and to hear their perspectives!!
conversion discourse comes back around every few months on this hellsite, so I should probably be used to seeing these bonkers takes by now.
but somehow it *always* manages to be disheartening 🫠
my aunt was wearing a floor length jean skirt and I told her she looked like a cool chabad rebbetzin. I then realized that she does not know what either of those words mean