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  • The reason why my daughter's conversion to Judaism was so emotional for me

    Samantha Koellhoffer|Sep 2, 2016

    (Kveller via JTA)-Since our daughter Miranda was adopted, I did not get to see her enter the world. We heard she was born from our social worker and excitedly packed up our car and headed a few states over to meet her. She was a day old when we first laid eyes on her. The very next day she was discharged to our care. What I did get to witness, however, was her entrance into the Jewish world. And it was magical. Just two years prior, Miranda's older sister, Allison, was born still at 37 weeks. I had a relatively easy pregnancy and we could not... Full story