http://rjmagazine.disqus.com/enSun, 27 Jan 2013 16:54:05 -0000http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=3132#comment-780029545<p>Dear Michael,<br>I sympathise with your search and shared your feelings. I tried to answer some of the questions you ask in my recent book Reform Judaism for the Rest of Us:Faith versus Political Activism. I shall be glad if after resdign my book you would like to have a conversation on the issues we share. </p>ObserverSun, 27 Jan 2013 16:54:05 -0000http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=3132#comment-699602244<p>I'm a 26 year old college dropout who is seeking to convert. I do not fit any of the conventional patterns for a person who is seeking to join the Jewish people. I've so far had some rough responses from the Chabad folks in terms of converting, and I further face hardships in reading that I would have to pay to be part of a synagogue. Am I reading this right? </p> <p>Furthermore, as a potential convert in Texas, I don't have more access to learning institutions as many of the reform congregations have outdated materials online. Sometimes the only thing I have to rely on is the internet. I don't know who to talk to, who to consult, I'm literally in the desert.For me, my potential Jewish connection is through the Bnei Anusim, but the only resources I see dedicated to us are ultra-conservative folks demanding the hard-line halachic return. I pray to g_d someone in the Reform movement takes more of an outreach to people such as myself who are thirsting for Judaism but are limited by the restraints of as you write, the establishment.</p>Michael BelmaresSat, 03 Nov 2012 03:02:58 -0000http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=3132#comment-685579635<p>Well said.  These ideas may be thought provoking for some, but they will clearly resonate with many (as they did with me).  I think the case is well stated - it is time for us to consider profound change.</p>MJohnstonWed, 17 Oct 2012 16:45:14 -0000