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What kind of woman decides to convert to Judaism after the worst massacre in Jewish history since the Holocaust? Read here to find out.

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About Jen Gilman Porat

Writer of personal essays & memoir. Driven by uncertainty. Obsessed with time and memory. Interested in perspective, ethics, survival, psychology and more. Once danced with pure joy; now dances despite pain.

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