Adult male here, who has uncovered some tough memories in therapy recently. I'll get straight to it. When my father and now stepmother were getting ready to marry, he asked her to convert to Judaism. She ended up asking him to also have my sister and I go through the conversion process as well despite us both being born Jewish.

The conversion process includes stripping naked in front of a Rabbi and dipping yourself under water in a special pool and then as a male having your penis pricked with a needle to draw blood. I protested as much as my 7 year old self could but I was forced to participate. Again, I didn't need to do this as I was born Jewish. She wanted us to go through it with her to "make her feel more comfortable."

Anyways it was really traumatic as a child to have to do these things especially just so my to-be stepmom could be more "comfortable."

Thanks for reading, and like I said I'm not sure if this counts as abuse because it involved professionals in a professional setting.
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Father and stepmother asked me to convert to
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Adult male here, who has uncovered some tough memories in therapy recently. I'll get straight to it. When my father and now stepmother were getting ready to marry, he asked her to convert to Judaism. She ended up asking him to also have my sister and I go through the conversion process as well despite us both being born Jewish.

The conversion process includes stripping naked in front of a Rabbi and dipping yourself under water in a special pool and then as a male having your penis pricked with a needle to draw blood. I protested as much as my 7 year old self could but I was forced to participate. Again, I didn't need to do this as I was born Jewish. She wanted us to go through it with her to "make her feel more comfortable."

Anyways it was really traumatic as a child to have to do these things especially just so my to-be stepmom could be more "comfortable."

Thanks for reading, and like I said I'm not sure if this counts as abuse because it involved professionals in a professional setting.
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Conversions between Jewish and non-Jewish families, including circumcision
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