A powerful day…

  On the 17th I had the pleasure of attending a speech and Q&A with Mr. Nate Leipcig, a 94-year-young holocaust survivor at Drexel University. He’d spoken for 45 minutes then answered a lot of questions… I sat, listened, and tears filled my eyes over and over again at the horrors he’d endured at the…

1st year Yahrzeit

  Yesterday was the 1st year Yahrzeit of my father’s passing and it was a difficult day for me and my mother. We lit the Yahrzeit candle, I said the mourners Kadish and had a rather somber time, though I did talk to my mom for a bit and we sort of helped each other…

One month down

  My wife and I are one month into the intro to Judaism course and just over a year into the conversion process and with the first month down in the intro course, we’re growing more and more excited. The course has been phenomenal and we’re learning so much, including how to read and write…

Did you say new?

  Shalom, So a lot of new content has been added here, a quick look around will show new stuff in nearly every section. I have a bunch of new reviews coming, some new media, a bunch of new articles, and so much more… With the one-year anniversary of this website coming up, I’m also…

Holocaust remembrance day

  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…

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…