“Well, Libby, how would you feel if your sister married a ger?”

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ne sunny morning in 11th grade, we were sitting around during our lunch break talking about shidduchim. A whole bunch of us were participating in the discussion, which veered onto the topic of “the strange people girls sometimes date.”

Tehilla started by saying, “I know someone who went out with a guy who wore a bright orange tie.”

“How about my neighbor; her date ended up being shorter than she was by a good few inches, and she was hearing heels. How awkward!”

Libby giggled and said, “Well, my sister met someone who turned out to be a ger.”

I noticed another classmate, Devory, tense up. Not too many of the girls knew that Devory’s parents had converted before she was born. Devory turned to Libby and said, “Well, Libby, how would you feel if your sister married a ger?”