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shalom-iamcominghome · 5 months ago

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Do you ever plan to move to orthodoxy ? or will you just stay as conservative

Frankly, I don't know. I love orthodoxy and I respect it and most of the jews I follow are orthodox (and women, funnily enough). But, realistically, I'm not in the financial (or emotional) position to be able to move like orthodoxy would require and the nearest orthodox area is in a city I wouldn't be safe in. I would fear for my safety in that city.

I love the conservative movement and I feel it serves me well for the stage of life I am in now. And frankly, movement matters very little to me: I love judaism, not movements. I love doing judaism, not in feeling like one "type" of jew is Better. I know that wasn't your question, but it's something I've been feeling.

#ask #jumblr #jew by choice #jewish conversion #personal thoughts tag #if there were more options i would think more about if i wanted to be orthodox #i both love conservative judaism but recognize that i don't love it for being conservative judaism #i imagine if i wanted a reform community i would love it in a similar way #but i clarify what movement i study and want to join because it matters to some and that's okay #and i also want to clarify where my positions and where my thoughts stem from #movements are by no means organized but there *are* common ideas shared in movements

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