So far I have read the introduction and the first chapter of my book and it is going well. Because my book is centered around seven key conversions during the 20th century in or out of Judaism, the first chapter of the book poses the question of “Who is Jew?” to provide context for the conversation about to occur. At the beginning of the chapter Goldman discusses the letter Israel’s prime minister David Ben Gurion sent out in 1958 posing the question to fifty-one leading Jewish intellectuals. One of the contexts for this letter was the Israeli Law of Return. This law states that if refugees could show that they were of Jewish ancestry, they would be admitted into Israel and granted citizenship. This law was made to be inclusive as possible but it still raised questions. The law had a broad definition of “Jewish” which clashed with more restricted meanings. The responses to this letter according to Goldman have some bearing on the seven conversion stories I will read about. One of the most interesting points made in regards to the law of return was the understanding that a Jew will be accepted into Israel if their atheist, secularist, or completely uninterested in the religious aspects of Jewish life and history but a Jew who has sought religious meaning in another faith other then Judaism will not be admitted. This is interesting because he does not imply you must identify with Judaism , it implies you just have to not identify with another established religion. Another aspect the first chapter discusses is how in the case of conversion to Christianity often it involves this idea of “uncovering the “true” meaning of the Hebrew Bible.” These individuals have realizations that the Hebrew Bible is the Old Testament that points to the “Christian Truth” of the New Testament. These are only a few points from this chapter that I found interesting. The introduction and the first chapter has a whole provides necessary context for the stories going forward as they also introduce who will be discussed throughout the book. I look forward to reading the rest of the book and see how these stories fit into this broader question of “Who Is Jew” and how that question effects the lives of these people.