Aliza Hausman is a first-generation Dominican-American Latina Orthodox Jewish convert or “Jewminicana” who discovered she was born Jewish of Sephardic Jewish Turkish ancestry post-conversion. She is also a writer, blogger, educator & speaker. This blog chronicles her thoughts on being Hispanic & Jewish, focusing on identity, Judaism, Jews of colors, Latinos, diversity, race, ethnicity, conversion to Judaism, culture, multiculturalism, illness, disability, books, films, news & more….
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
100% Jewish
And then every once in a while, there's a happy conversion story, no?
Check out the latest Jerusalem Post article, Now I feel 100% Jewish, which explores the lives and conversions of IDF soldiers who are not halakhically Jewish. Most of the soldiers are originally from the former Soviet Union. And their conversions are part of a "Orthodox-recognized process" through the IDF's Native program. The title of the article is a quote from one of the soldiers interviewed, Igor (now Yigal) Lermont, who will be going under the knife on his way to the mikvah.
