{"id":265,"date":"2009-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2009\/12\/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the.html"},"modified":"2009-12-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T00:00:00","slug":"a-funny-thing-happened-on-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2009\/12\/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the.html","title":{"rendered":"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Conversion&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate with a new Jewish convert and read the events that took place a few days before she became a Jew.<br \/>\n&#8220;On December 9, I went to the mikvah and am now, officially, Jewish. 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