The Do’s and Don’ts of Talking to Converts

An interesting read. At this point I have already come across several of these questions, and often as one of the first things a person asks. In fact, I have come to expect them, so in a case that a Jewish person does not ask me any questions concerning conversion, I feel strange and particularly in the case of dating, I feel the need to check that the guy is indeed aware that I wasn’t raised Jewish. On a positive note, most people ask these questions out of interest and are well-meaning, not in a judgemental way at all. I’m sure I will come across more of those ignorant and negative ones too, but so far the positive reactions outweigh the negatives. A very sweet response from a man recently kinda brought tears into my eyes ‘Being Jewish to me isn’t what’s on a piece of paper. It’s part of your soul.’ Indeed, having that piece of paper just makes it official though.