Judaism Unbound Episode 386: Converting to Judaism — Becoming Ger-ish
Katie Kaestner-Frenchman is Judaism Unbound’s amazing Marketing, Communications, and Creative Maven! They join their colleagues Dan and Lex for the first conversation in an ongoing Judaism Unbound mini-series, exploring conversion to Judaism. What superpowers do converts often bring to Jewish life? What barriers do they continue to face in Jewish spaces? What on *earth* do we do with the fact that everyone on Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was so unbelievably mean to Astrid — the one character on the show who is a Jew-by-Choice? All these questions and more come up in this episode!
[1] Learn more about Katie Kaestner-Frenchman by clicking here!
[2] A few pieces of media, from television and film, are referenced in this episode. First, for a couple different approaches to Astrid’s character on Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, see either this article (which thinks the show gets converts totally wrong!) or this article (which defends Astrid’s character).
[3] Lex references an article about a person for whom the movie Yentl played a key role in inspiring them to eventually convert. Check out the article by clicking here.
[5] Are you looking for a way to take an intro to Judaism course online, either as part of a process of conversion to Judaism or just to learn? We offer one! It’s through our UnYeshiva — a digital center for Jewish learning and unlearning. Our course is called “Judaism In-Bound,” and its first iteration began a few months ago. If you would like to be notified when it is next available, just send us an email at UnYeshiva@JudaismUnbound.com!
