Mazel Tov to Dan McGrady on His Conversion to Judaism

Rabbi Jamie Korngold July 21, 2019Jewish Life Comments (1)

The Jewish community at large offers welcome and mazel tov, as well as blessings for health and happiness, to Dan McGrady, who completed the process of conversion to Judaism this Shabbat.

Dan McGrady has been practicing Judaism for over 14 years, which is when he met his wife Rochelle Schwartz. What finally prompted him to convert? “Well,” says McGrady, “my then 11-year old said, ‘So are you really going to convert Dad?’ I realized I absolutely wanted to be called to the Torah for an aliyah when he became a Bar Mitzvah, so I got serious.”

Getting serious meant taking Haver’s conversion course, Ikar, and studying privately with Rabbi Lynne Goldsmith, one of the rabbis at Adventure Judaism.  “Although we have always celebrated Shabbat, we upped our practice,”  says McGrady. Rabbi Lynne chimes in, “And Dan read and read and read. He is an ardent reader who thinks deeply and always poses fascinating questions for us to explore.”

Finally, McGrady sat before a Beit Din – Rabbi Deborah Bronstein,  Rabbi Lynne Goldsmith, and Rabbi Jamie Korngold.  “His answers were so profound,” said Korngold. “We couldn’t wait to welcome him to the tribe!”

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