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Can a wife convert to Judaism if her Christian husband does not convert?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser answers a question from a women who wants to convert but has a husband not interested in conversion to Judaism. Can she convert on her own? Can she follow the Laws of Torah without conversion? Or should she follow Noachide Laws?

Does the baby of a Reform convert to Judaism need an Orthodox conversion?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser answers a question from a convert to Reform Judaism who is concerning having her baby undergo an orthodox conversion to Judaism.

How does the lack of a Beit Din affect the legitimacy of a conversion?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser discusses the validity of a conversion without a Beit Din.

Is conversion needed when adopted Jewish baby is raised Christian?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser answers a question about the need for formal conversion for someone born to a Jewish mother but adopted by and raised as a Christian.

How to reconcile love of Shabbat with a career in theater.
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser discusses the choices faced in choosing to convert to Judaism.

Is feeling Jewish enough to become Jewish?
Rabbi Jeffrey W. Goldwasser is asked if I can be Jewish because they feel Jewish or does one have to convert to become a Jew.

Am I Jewish despite my mother's conversion back to Christianity?
Rabbi Jeffrey W. Goldwasser answers a question. Is the daughter of a convert to Judaism considered Jewish even if her mother converted back to Christianity and did not give her daughter a good Jewish education?

I was converted to Judaism as a baby, but raised as a Catholic. Am I Jewish?
Rabbi Jeffrey W. Goldwasser answers a question - is someone who was converted to Judaism as a baby but raised as a Catholic considered Jewish?

My mother converted Reform. Would I be considered a Jew in Israel?
Rabbi Jeffrey W. Goldwasser answers a question about whether the daughter of a convert to Reform Judaism would be accepted as a Jew in Israel.

Must my fiance believe in God to convert to Judaism?
Rabbi Jeffrey W. Goldwasser answers a question about whether a convert to Judaism must believe in God.

Do converts to Judaism with some Jewish background feel less discrimination?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasswer answers the question - do converts to Judaism with some Jewish background experience less discrimination?

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Conversion while Living Overseas without a Rabbi
Rabbi Goldwasser answers a question about converting to Judaism while living in an overseas community without a rabbi.

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Will Jews accept African-American converts?
A mother asks if her daughter's African American fiance, who is planning to convert to Judaism, will be accepted by other Jews as a Jew. Rabbi Goldwasser explains there is no restriction against conversion to Judaism based on race and Judaism forbids hatred and exclusion of people because of their race.

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Will Reform conversion be accepted in Israel?
Will conversion under Reform rabbinic authority be accepted in the state of Israel. Does one have to convert to Orthodoxy to be considered Jewish in Israel.

Conversion to Judaism via the Internet
Is it possible to convert to Judaism via the Internet?

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Process of Conversion to Judaism in the Reform Movement
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser describes the process of conversion to Judaism in the Reform Movement.

How does convert to Judaism alone (without the family converting)?
How does one convert to Judaism when the rest of the family is not converting?

Does Reform Judaism require a ritual bath and circumcision to convert?
Does the Reform Movement question the need for the ritual bath and circumcision during conversion based on a debate in the Talmud (Yebamot 46a)?