Netflix's new series, 'Love & Judaism', follows the romance between a cynical sex podcaster and a rabbi, exploring the complexities of interfaith relationships and religious conversion. While the show faces criticism for its use of a potentially offensive term, it also delves into the personal struggles and joys of spiritual transformation.
premiered on Netflix, telling the story of a winsome Los Angeles romance between a cynical sex-podcaster, Joanne , and Noah , a hot young rabbi she meets at a dinner party. Despite the disapproval of their relatives, the two quickly fall in love: Noah takes Joanne to her first Shabbat at a bar, and she introduces him to his very first sex shop.
After we got engaged, we had no clue who was going to marry us and thought we’d ask a family member to get ordained, because we didn’t want it to be a complete stranger. My mom suggested we ask her neighbor, who was a family friend and happened to be a rabbi.
I met my now-husband during freshman orientation in college. I was up front with him that conversion was not an option for me because I didn’t want our relationship to be based on the expectation of me doing it. I said to my husband early on, “You love me for who I am, and who I am is not Jewish. If you’re okay with that, I’m okay with that.” He definitely got pushback from his family, which felt terrible.
My friends were happy and supportive about my plans to convert, and my husband’s family was obviously thrilled. But my family was really upset. My mom took it the hardest, as a personal offense that I was moving away from the religion she’d brought me up with. She felt I was giving up so much to be part of my husband’s family. And listen — people do convert for marriage or to appease their partner or their family, but that was not my story. I felt strongly about my decision.
I met a friend in college who started explaining Judaism to me, which was my first exposure to it and piqued my interest in the faith. I met my husband at a friend’s house when I was 19 or 20. At the time, he was more culturally Jewish than actively practicing his faith. I Googled Reform conversion classes in Orange County. I started taking some through the local synagogue. The process was almost like becoming a citizen of another country. I joined the High Holy Day choir. My husband joined the temple board. I wrote an essay for the rabbinical court, which is a common part of the conversion process, and then I had my mikvah in the Pacific Ocean. It was a beautiful day in Huntington Beach — clear blue sky with a beaming sun.
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