Cindy:Ā Heyā¦ can I be a Jew?
Rabbi: No.
Cindy: Can IĀ be a Jew?
Rabbi: No.
Cindy:Ā Can I be a Jew?
Rabbi:Ā You really want this? Sincerely? NotĀ ācause this oneās trying to blackmail me for something stupid when I was 19 or for broccoli with your dinner? What is this for you?
Cindy:Ā Honestly, I think I found my people. I was raised in a church where I was told to believe and pray. And if I was bad, Iād go to hell. And if I was good, Iād go to heaven. And if Iād ask Jesus, heād forgive me and that was that. And here yāall are sayinā aināt no hell. Aināt sure about heaven. And if you do something wrong, you got to figure it out yourself. And as far as Godās concerned, itās your job to keep asking questions and to keep learning and to keep arguing. Itās like a verb. Itās like ā¦ you do God. And thatās a lot of work, but I think Iām in, as least as far as I can see it. I mean, maybe Iāll learn more and say fuck the whole thing, I mean, but I wanna learn more, and I think I gotta be in it to do that. You knowā¦ Does that make sense? Shit, did I just talk myself out of it?
Rabbi:Ā Ask me again.
Cindy:Ā Can I be a Jew?
Rabbi:Ā Yes.
I cried so hard during this scene.
First of all, this is beautiful.
Second of all, as a contextual note, the rabbi said no for a reason. In Jewish conversion, one of the steps is that you must be discouraged at least three times. This comes from the story of Ruth, where Naomi told her not to follow her back to the Jewish tribe three times before giving in.
Third of all, this is beautiful.
Adrienne KILLED it in those scenes. I wept with her!
āItās like a verb.ā She wants to work on her faith continuously and that was gorgeous and so honest.
THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT DO U UNDERSTAND. We arenāt a people who actively convert people. Youāll never see a Jewish person try to convert you. We believe in everyoneās right to believe what they want. But it was so nice to see someone who wasnāt raised in it be able to see value in my faith. I have never seen anything like that on tv before
