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The night before my conversion, I lay in bed, excited thoughts whirling around in my head, tinged with nervousness about the actual procedure

I liked Vered; I liked how it sounded and I liked that it meant “rose” in Hebrew, like my real name

There is a special mitzvah to convert zera Yisrael, children of a Jewish-from-birth father

What had Mrs. Greenbaum just said? Had I misheard her? Had I misunderstood my favorite, dynamic, engaging, amazing teacher?

Knowing that we are accomplishing our mission in this world is the most fulfilling feeling

I wanted her to always have everything so good and so perfect. I knew it wasn’t realistic