Day 271 of 339

conversion I agree with Yiskah. Having been born to a jewish mother and a catholic father is strange enough. But also having been through three adoptions in a state that seals all records of adoptions between 1970 and 1999, makes it nearly impossible for me to prove that I belong. So I know exactly what they must have felt like. Like the proverbial pedigree in the pound. And rather embarrassed. Reply

conversion I liked the lecture very much but I do have a concern. There are a lot of Jews that did not know that they were Jews because their Jewish ID got lost due the Holocaust. Even if it is 3 to 4 generations back on mother’s side, they have a Jewish soul. All I know of is that they got advised to go through conversion classes what does not make really sense to me. How can HaShem give a Jewish soul to a Jew when he/she is already a Jew but can not prove it with papers, because the only evidence are memories from childhood? There were secular Jews “hiding” as Christians by getting baptized but that should not have changed them in regards of being “a people”? Baptism does not change a Jewish soul into a non Jewish soul, right?
In this lecture it is nicely addressed that spirituality has priority but de facto it turns out for some Jews to become more of a “paper” issue.
I think this is very confusing...and it does not feel right to me. Are there other options may be never pointed out? Shalom Reply