1.0Virtual Talmudhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmudRabbi Susan Grossmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/author/sgrossmanConverts Welcome Here - Virtual Talmudrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Xj4sWUilXU"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/02/converts-welcome-here.html">Converts Welcome Here</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/02/converts-welcome-here.html/embed#?secret=Xj4sWUilXU" width="600" height="338" title="“Converts Welcome Here” — Virtual Talmud" data-secret="Xj4sWUilXU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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When Sex in the City’s Charlotte is rebuffed by the rabbi in her attempts to begin conversion training, series writers evoked the Jewish tradition that potential converts be turned away three times to test their sincerity. There was good reason then a days: A potential convert could be a “double agent,” part of a plan…