Our Lady J Says Revealing She’s Converted to Judaism Has Been a Lot ‘Harder Than Coming Out as Trans’

Yona Speidel, the Emmy nominated writer and producer formerly known as Our Lady J, recently experienced grief as a Jew for ...
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Is Nobody Wants This Creator Erin Foster Jewish in Real Life? How Her Conversion Story Differs From Joanne's

Nobody Wants This fans know the ups and downs of falling someone who falls outside your faith. Now that the Netflix hit is out with a season 2, many are wondering if the show’s creator Erin Foster ...
The Forward

It’s time to talk about Purim’s unsettling message about conversion

Purim is meant to be loud: a holiday for drinking, dressing up, yelling and retelling a story of miraculous survival. Which means it’s easy to miss a brief but significant verse near the end of the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Checks, charities and conversion classes: What the Epstein files show about Jeffrey Epstein’s Jewish world

Sometime in the early 2010s, Jeffrey Epstein walked into Dr. Steven Kaplan’s office for a root canal. The procedure took some time and required multiple visits. The two men got to chatting. “He was ...