The Conversion Episode, 2022: Ep 319

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week, we present our fifth-annual Conversion Episode. Each year on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, we read the Book of Ruth, which tells the story of the first convert to Judaism. To celebrate Ruth and all the Jews by choice since then, we’re sharing three deeply personal stories about the path to becoming Jewish. First we hear from our associate producer Quinn Waller, who is in the process of converting. Despite all her learning and studying, she is still dogged by feelings of inauthenticity, and she brings us along as she works through those emotions. Listener Hunter Thomas shares his story of how a Jewish podcast (hi!) and a Jewish museum ultimately sparked his decision to convert. We also catch up with Yael Wallace, whose story we shared on our 2019 conversion episode, and whose life since then has taken several dramatic turns. It’s an update you won’t want to miss. Listen to all our conversion episodes here. To learn all about the holiday of Shavuot and get delicious dairy recipes, including Joan Nathan’s blintzes and cheesecake, head to tabletmag.com/shavuot.We are hiring a community manager! Help us connect with the audiences of all our shows, run our social media, and generally be our cheerleader. It’s a six-month, part-time position, and a chance to work with your favorite Jewish podcasters. Learn more at tabletm.ag/community We love to hear from you! Send us your emails and voice memos at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Remember to tell us who you are and where you’re calling from. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel. Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. Want to book us for a live show or event in your area, or partner with us in some other way? Email tabletstudios@tabletmag.com. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

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0:00.0	Hey, Jacob, we are finalists for two podcast awards, but we need your vote.
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0:23.2	the franchise.
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0:28.6	If you can close this October 5th, so don't wait, please get us to the gold.
0:33.0	You can find both of those links in the show notes, and thank you so much.
0:36.7	This is an Orthodox, the world's leading Jewish podcast, and I am Leah Liebowitz.
0:51.9	If you've been listening to the show for a while, you know that usually you hear from
0:55.9	me and my two co-hosts, Stephanie Batnik and Mark Oppenheimer, we talk about the news
1:00.6	of the Jews, we have a Jewish guest of the week, a Gentile guest of the week, some male
1:04.9	from the J-Crew, but today is a little bit different.
1:10.1	So look, we love every episode we do here at Unorthodox, and we work really hard to make
1:15.9	each episode feel special.
1:17.7	But from being honest, there's one special episode we do every year that, well, that I love
1:24.2	more than all the others.
1:26.3	It's our annual conversion episode.
1:28.4	This is the fifth year we're doing it.
1:30.7	Honestly, there's no greater privilege to those of us who work on this show than to
1:35.3	hear from listeners who are finding their way back home to Judaism, tell us how much Unorthodox
1:40.0	means to them, and share with us their stories of becoming Jewish.
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