Today, we remember the lives of six million Jews, men, women, and children, who were killed at the hands of the Nazis during WWII. Auschwitz-Birkenau camp was liberated on this day 77 years ago, where an estimated 1.1 million Jews were senselessly murdered by the fascist regime. Though the lives of one-third of the…
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Another class down
We had another class tonight for our conversion and it was incredibly awesome!!! We absolutely love the intro to Judaism course so far and get soooooo excited for each and every class. There are 43 people in the class with us and honestly, no one gets left behind and everyone interacts in the course….
A quick update on everything
Shabbat Shalom, So, this past Tuesday we had our first intro to Judaism class and it was amazing, fun, informational, and we met a lot of really cool and interesting people also taking the class. We’re learning to read Hebrew, learning history, beliefs, and practices (much of which we know but the extra insight…
A lot of newness going on
So, if you haven’t noticed a lot of new content has been added here since my last blog post. A new booklet on MLK and the Jews, new articles, the first piece in the review section, so much more. I have been writing a lot and working hard to add a steady stream of…
Books galore!
So, recently I acquired some new books, let’s get biblical vol I and II by Tovia Singer and the complete illustrated history of the Jewish people. Then, for the introduction to Judaism course, we purchased all of the necessary books as well, which all in all our library of Jewish learning is growing quite…
One year in and just getting started
Today marks the day (One year ago) that I’d first contacted the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, a day that in fact, changed my life forever. Yesterday we’d met with our sponsoring Rabbi Eli (a really great mensch) and talked about how things are going, really excited that we’d finally gone Kosher and for…
New stuff added and coming
If you haven’t noticed, I’ve added new stuff in each section of this website annnnnnd I’ve added a whole new section here for reviews of media and products I have personally seen/use myself. I have been exceedingly busy working on content for this site, studying all things Jewish, writing a new novel, working, etcetera……
Happy new year
Happy new years eve and new year 2022 via the Gregorian calendar (In the Jewish calendar our New Year was several months back 5782). I hope you all have a healthy, safe, peaceful, and prosperous new year, and I hope you find everything you’ve been searching for in the process. I hope for the…
New editions to this site
Shabbat Shalom! I have added a lot of new editions to this site and quite a bit of new content as well. Facebook profile pictures, new recommendations, a bunch of new articles, and much more is coming. Yesterday I couldn’t add as much new content as I’d wanted to, as we woke up to…
Starting January
Starting January 18th the intro to Judaism course begins at our synagogue, once a week from 6:00-8:00 pm for four months, and my wife and I are super excited. This is a big step in our conversion process, one of the last few in fact, and we will be officially Jews (Though I’m Ashkenazi…