{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Shema Podcast for the Perplexed","title":"If You Could Choose","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1175,"description":"Before my wife had her conversion roughly a year and a half ago, the Beis Din, had me go into the mikvah to have a conversion to remove all doubts.   My great, great grandmother was born a non-Jew and adopted by a Jewish family as an infant and we wanted to remove any uncertainty on whether she was properly converted.  For this conversion to remove all doubts to be effective, I had to contemplate that I was not a Jew and make the choice to remain a non-Jew or become a Jew.  This was one of the most profound and important days of my life.  In this episode I compare and contrast what those two paths look like and ask you the listener to contemplate being in a similar situation where you could choose.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vrONp6PJjtKhVPztpPPi3NUVgRowMqAdFKWVcDaLG8Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82YTE1/YmYxMjk2ZDlhZDE1/ZTcyMDJjZDU1ZTcx/OTJiZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}