Convert to Judaism

I’ve been talking to and studying with a rabbi for almost 2 years now, and at the end of our meeting today, I finally had the courage to say to her “I want to convert.” I’ve been really nervous about bringing it up [but then, I tend to be a quieter person and such]; I’m not really sure what I was afraid of, I guess that she would turn me away or something. But I could never have imagined what actually happened: she got this big smile on her face and said “That’s great! I’m so excited for you!” Wow. That was awesome. And I feel so much more confident now that this is the right thing.

I’m going with a friend to services tonight. It’s been a few months since I’ve gone, with being busy and Hillel being on summer break and all that. So, I am very excited to be getting back, and also nervous.

My meeting with the rabbi a few weeks ago went very well, and we’ve set up a weekly meeting time. I’m still not entirely sure what I’m looking for at this stage in my life, but I’m learning a lot and I look forward to talking with her each week.

Today I’ve got my first one-on-one meeting with the Rabbi. I’m very excited, though nervous, about this. The past few days I’ve gone back and done a lot more thinking and reading to try and prepare for this. I just have no idea what she might ask me, and I’m not so good with on-the-spot question answering.

So I’ve been interested in learning more about Judaism for a long time now, and since I’m finally in a place with a significant Jewish population, I decided to finally do something about it. I’ve been going to Shabbat services at the campus Jewish center this term, and then last night was the first night of a class they’re offering about Judaism. I was so nervous about going, I mean, I still don’t know many of the people there, but I went and it was a really good experience. There were three of us there with the rabbi and we talked about ourselves a bit before really getting into the class. What else I thought was really cool was that the rabbi said that she wants to end the class about 15 mintues early each week and then spend that time teaching us Hebrew. Very exciting! Let’s just say I’m not so nervous anymore, and I can’t wait for next week’s class!