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I was raised by my father and stepmother, who to me is my mother. My father and stepmother are both Jewish. My biological mother was not Jewish. All my siblings who are the flesh and blood of my stepmother are Jewish and one of them became religious. And the woman I want to marry is Jewish. I was raised fully as a Jew with no hint of any other religion, and I had a bar mitzvah. Everyone who knows me thinks I am Jewish. But Jewish law doesn’t consider me Jewish because my biological mother who died when I was an infant was not. I can easily have a Reformed or Conservative conversion, but I want one that is Orthodox. I want to be just like everyone in my family and community. Is there any way, any loophole, where I can have an orthodox conversion to Judaism but not be fully observant and still be myself thereafter?

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Dear Rabbi .. As you know SHRIEM family is a family used to be jewish in the middle east ... But for some curcuimstances some turned to be muslim others to be christains and a lot went to isreal ... All I need to know if Some one from this tree family line can join judism Or not....thanks Rabbi for helping

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I think I already know the answer to this questions but I hope in my heart of hearts that’s maybe there is some hope for me. I am a female 33 who converted 16 years ago with a conservative Beit din after having lived and studied Judaism for 4 years. It consisted of an interview with a beit din and a kosher immersion in a kosher mikvah. I am shomer Shabbat, kashrut, negiah, observe Tsnius and tahara hamishpacha. I would like to convert under an orthodox beit din because I would like to be welcomed and recognized in orthodox spaces. but I have a few dilemmas. A. there are no orthodox synagogues in the state where I live. There is a small Chabad in the next city over. B. My husband has no desire to convert but follows all of the above mentioned mitzvot - we have a Jewish household. And C. We can not move within walking distance of an orthodox synagogue because there are none here. Any advice of help would be greatly appreciated!!!

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I am a 78 year old man who has Jewish ancestry on my mothers side. I was raised a Christian. But have spent the last 5 years living ad a Noachide. Studying Torah etc. and some Hebrew. I am absolutely convinced that I should return to where I am supposed to be. Because of Covid, I have been following Shabbat online. Is this possible?

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Dear Rabbi, I’m a 15 year old male that was raised as a Muslim, and I have started looking into Judaism and I really feel like that it’s the right way for me. I know that I am still young and might not be able to properly understand but I have been reading the Torah while also learning about the religion by watching rabbis on YouTube and researching on different sites. I am writing this to ask about conversion to Judaism; how, when and what do I need to do and learn in order to convert. I’ve also heard that Judaism doesn’t encourage conversion and it could please elaborate on that as well. I know that you get asked this same question many times so I hope I’m not wasting your time. Best regards, *My name withheld