Reply To: Where to start becoming Jewish when family roots discovered

Thank you ready now, Daniela, zahavasdad and JustHavingFun for all of your suggestions — I can tell that you all care passionately about helping a newcomer, and that is a beautiful thing!

Ready now, I feel badly that my situation is causing you anxiety. My plan is to make contact with an Orthodox rabbi in the nearest big city, Philadelphia, when my mother finishes her chemotherapy (I am caring for her). Hopefully this eases your mind even a little bit?

I hope you all had a very joyous New Year!