Happy "Jewish Holiday that some people..."

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Yes, Mazel Tov on the conversation, indeed!

Originally Posted by aephi alum

I actually did convert from Roman Catholicism to Judaism. To make a very long story short, I was a cradle Catholic, but the Jewish faith always resonated with me, to the point where I finally approached a rabbi and said, "I want to convert. Can I study with you?" It took over a year before I was officially Jewish, but I came out of that mikveh (the ritual bath you take when you convert) feeling like I'd been reborn.

I hasten to add that, although I was an AEPhi when I converted, and I was engaged to a Jewish man when I converted, I would have converted anyway. Becoming Jewish was something that had been in the back of my mind long before I even ever got to college.

I'll shut up now...

This is so interesting to me. It's so easy to think you're "the only one" who is thinking of - or actually doing something - like converting religions, so it's nice to hear that others have done it too.

I'm a cradle Catholic too, but Judaism speaks to me at my core. I guess the best way to describe it is that it moves my soul. This must be what some consider a "calling". Anyway, I haven't ruled out converting yet; if I met a Jewish man I wanted to marry it wouldn't be an issue for me at all.

Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience, aephi alum!