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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
What a fascinating story! I'm interested to know how you became interested in Judaism....jewish friends?
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I was raised by my Grandparents; which consisted of a very religious Christian grandmother and a not-so religious grandfather. My parents were always around though. When I was very young, my father became a Rastafarian. Although my grandmother took me to church on a regular basis, he told me that church wasn't necessarily bad; but do not believe in something just because they say it is so.
Originally, I went towards Reform Judaism (when I was 16). I liked how Reform Judaism focused more on general moral living and committment to improving the world (so it wasn't so dogmatic). But as I got older....I wanted more structure. Although I formally converted to Reform Judaism when I was 21, by the time I was 22 I had pretty much stopped going to services. I saw a Jewish event hosted by Aish HaTorah later that year and attended. I found the Rabbi to be an amazing speaker...but later I found out he was Orthodox and did not see me as Jewish at all (Orthodox Jews do not accept converts from other Jewish movements). Over time though, Orthodox Judaism really spoke to my heart more than anything else. So now at age 27 I'm an Orthodox Jew....AND still active in my sorority as an alumna....imagine that!