I was baptized as a teenager in my Wesleyan church. At the time, I wholeheartedly believed I was about to be transformed into a better...

Marking a Covenant God really loves a good deal. In Genesis  alone, He makes what feels like a million covenants with His chosen...

Imagine you’re the new kid at school, eating lunch alone for weeks, when suddenly the Populars™ invite you to sit with them. They want to...

Names hold power. That’s what I used to tell my students on the first day of school. I’d share this before calling attendance for the...

Judaism is rich with tradition and ritual. For every holiday or life event, there are dozens of prayers, blessings, and prescribed...

As you have seen, my journey thus far has been long, studious, and fully committed to an eventual affirmation. By the time you’re reading...

You might be thinking at this point, "What’s left for this guy to believe in?" I’ve questioned the idea of a physical manifestation of...

I grew up in a world where the afterlife wasn’t just a belief—it was the ultimate destination, the looming endpoint that dictated...

If you’re chronically online like I am, you may have seen the trend of people describing how they visualize time. Some see it as a...

My thoughts on Israel have been one of my biggest insecurities throughout this conversion journey. Even before the tragic events of...

In this section, I’ll attempt to explore the age-old question: Who is God? Of course, I’m kidding about solving it—but I’ll try to throw...

When I began exploring Judaism, I wanted to approach it with the highest reverence and respect. To me, that meant doing things the "right...

In our post-modern era, tasks that once required our undivided attention have been reshaped to fit into our busy schedules. Grocery...

Judaism Unbound began as a podcast in 2016, led by Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg. The show explores contemporary Jewish topics and how...

I’m skipping over my time in the Intro to Judaism  course—not because it wasn’t important, but because I don’t remember much of it. To be...

I was discouraged after my visit to the Conservative synagogue. I had hoped it would be my path forward for conversion. The location was...

I continued contacting local synagogues while keeping up with my independent studies. It so happened that one of the first public events...

I’ve always loved learning. No subject was safe from my curiosity—except math, which we can all agree is bogus. So, when the COVID-19...

Rarely does a single moment change someone’s life. More often, it’s a collection of events working together to influence a person’s path....

Teenager  In my mid-teens, as I was navigating the confusion of puberty, I was also dealing with the trauma of experiencing sexual...