Hello! This morning I decided to scrap the story I was originally working on (it was too complicated) and now I'm working on a new story. The plot is set in today's times in Chicago about a young Mexican American college student who falls deeply in love with a young Jewish American college student and decides to convert to Judaism in order to marry her. The conflict would be about his dealing with his feelings about what it would mean to be Latino and Jewish, such as giving up beloved family customs like Christmas posadas, will his life be very different if he's Jewish, how do you meld both cultures in a new identity. I'd like to make the story sweet and mildly humorous. The story would start when they 1st meet in college when they're sophomores then end when they're getting married 5 years later.
There's lots of material on the internet about how to convert to Judaism and about the history of Mexican Jews (Jews living in Mexico) but not much about Latinos converting to Judaism and what that's like. Can anyone recommend any books or webpages about the experiences of American Latinos converting to Judaism?
There's lots of material on the internet about how to convert to Judaism and about the history of Mexican Jews (Jews living in Mexico) but not much about Latinos converting to Judaism and what that's like. Can anyone recommend any books or webpages about the experiences of American Latinos converting to Judaism?
