KIDS Issue 1063 · May 28, 2025

Help Me Join Your Nation  

An in-depth look at what it takes to finalize a convert’s personal kabbalas haTorah

Help Me Join Your Nation  

Loretta Walker* grew up in J.D. Vance territory, only it was 20 years before he was born.

“We were your classic hillbillies, and going to school, I knew no blacks, no Asians, no Hispanics. Definitely no Jews.”

The only Jews Loretta knew were from the Bible, and they were all dead. Which made sense, considering everything she’d learned about Jews at Sunday school.

From the start, Loretta was different, which was not a positive attribute. But it was not because she was searching for meaning.

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