Jews by Choice Archives - Hey Alma

Finding Your Way as a Jew by Choice Is Anything but Simple

By Leah Grisham

March 26, 2024

I Say Mourner’s Kaddish on Day of the Dead

By Madison Ciaffone

November 1, 2023

My First Halloween as a Jew

By Anna Smoot

October 31, 2023

I’m Lighting a Yahrtzeit Candle for My Great-Grandmother. I’m Not Sure It’s the Right Thing.

By Ash Morelock

June 20, 2023

This Twitter Account Gives Me the Egyptian Jewish Home I Needed

By Benyamin Rumi

December 29, 2022

Queer Jewish Creative Laurence Myers Reese Thinks Everyone Is an Artist

By Diana Dalton

December 6, 2022

The Jewish Holiday That Reminds Me of My Conversion

By Winnie Hahn

October 7, 2022

I’m a Jewish Convert. I’m Also an Atheist.

By Abby Jo Morris

September 28, 2022

The Unexpected Parallels Between My Jewish Conversion and Gender Transition

By Abby Jo Morris

August 3, 2022

I’m Converting to Judaism — But I Grew Up Jewish

By Naomi Reiter

June 14, 2022