אני קושית יפה/I’m a Cute Black Girl Pg 72

So, my year of conversion is coming to an end. I am so excited but still a lil apprehensive about what lies ahead. I feel good about me becoming Jewish, but I am a little nervous on how I will be able to keep the Jewish Spirit and Feeling in my home and life. I mean my husband is Christian and I don’t know how I will live a Jewish Life when he strong hold to his Christianity and I know that there may come a time when our religious views will clash.

• How we bring up our kids (School, Religious Upbringings and Identity)
• Home Religion

NO! But I do intend on being mindful on my eating habits. I have never intentionally eaten pork, throughout my whole life. I have no intention on eating anything that I know has been treated badly or killed in an inhumane manner. I have never nor will I never eat any non-domesticated or beastlike animal.

As a child I have always loved being part of a community. While doing community services through high school I enjoyed working with children and assisting where I can with various communities. And so, I would love to be involved in any Shul Communities, Youth Groups, Glendale and assisting wherever needed.

Being surrounded by family and friends has always been something that I have enjoyed. While growing up shabbat’s were hardly ever just a meal with my parents and sisters but instead with has many close family friends as we could sit at the table, and so I would love to continue that. Maybe not has regularly as to when I was a child but definitely as regularly as possible. Right now, I live in a 1.5-bedroom flat and going up to JHB for Rosh Hashanah wasn’t possible I decided to do something with some of my conversion family and together we had our own dinner. This just goes to show how I intend on keeping a Jewish Life and Hope however I can. When I decided to convert my sister gave me some ritual items that she collected and that our mother gave her. And I too am continuing to build my own collation of items.

Shabbat Cables

Challah Board and Cover

Chanukiah

Mishkan Tefilah

Prayer Book

Historical Jewish Books

English Tanach

Join Communities

Continue socializing and communicating with my fellow JBC class

Practice Judaism Customs and Rituals at home

Stay a part of the Shul

Keeping tzedakah as a daily and conscious action. Assisting where and whenever I can. Sharing what I have learnt with those who don’t know or needing guidance.

It is what my name means in Hebrew.

It is a name that my father’s sister has, and I remember when I met her when I was just about 5 years old, we immediately connected.