This Is A Real-Life New Yorker Cover Story. Yesterday, John Black completed his conversion to Judaism and became Yonatan Kalev. If you’ve ever seen the famous New Yorker cover of a hipster and a Hasid standing back-to-back, you’ll understand why people would compare John to both. For years, he immersed himself in Torah, Jewish law, and Chassidic thought, while somehow remaining the same guy on a skateboard, in Japanese selvedge denim, listening to bands nobody’s heard of. Now, after years of learning, growth, and commitment, he’s officially Jewish. Mazal tov, Yonatan Kalev!
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