Judaism: TREATMENT GIVEN TO CONVERTS IN AMERICA

TREATMENT GIVEN TO CONVERTS IN AMERICA


This is anote I sent to a gentleman on fb:

greetings my friend how are you? i thank you for your friendly and courteous tone, in light of the fact that what led you to make your comment is that i am being pilloried. Please permit me to give you some context. I in good faith asked the most high to show me truth some years ago, and rededicated myself to open minded study of the word. Thus, I ended up where I presently am. I would hasten to add that in my search for truth I discovered that I am from a family of Anusim Jews, or Jews who forgot their Judaism due to persecution. I freely admit that long before that I seriously doubted X-ianity, and in my young man-hood went through a period in wich I believed not any of te Holy Writ, although, I was so convinced that my family was Jewish that I ad a circumscision. Anyway, I have come to love Torah and Talmud, and I love Orthodox Judaism. It has transformed my life in ways I never expected. Notwithstanding that, I love all of my X-ian friends. It is a Pity that they don't return the love. Witness how I am being dissected and spoken of. Why? For speaking truth?? Since I publicly admitted that I am a Convert to Orthodox Judaism my car has been repeatedly vandalzed, my home has been burgled, my fenced convered in atni-semetic graffiti, I have had my life threatened, I have been ostrascized, many people encouraged by some on fb are defriending me, I was fired from my job, and all of my X-ian friends have turned on me. Where is the willingness to love your neighbor that X-ians claim to work? I know how Stephen must have felt before he was stoned. I don't do this to have something to, as one of the slanderers who knows nothing about me claimed. I do it out of love. I hope to make Aliyah to Israel, because I know that if I remain here I will be murdered. That's ok. One attempt was already made, but I will not report it to te police. It is pointless. But I do protect myself. I will serve Hashem even if it costs me my life. Yet this breaks my heart. Is this America? Do we not have the right to follow the faith of our choosing? Are we not better than this?? Why do I post this? To promote understanding of Judaism. To show truth, and help other understand my new faith.  I add news items as an act of love and concern for my dearly loved friends, who may not have the time in their busy lives to follow the news. I post a portion of genesis in Hebrew and English pertaining to the particular day in creation, and what the Most High did on that day, so that we might remember and honor him. Is promoting a love for the Most High not at the heart of this group? How has my love for the Most High and my expression of that love, and my love of others caused so much hate?