Jumat, 05 Agustus 2016

SECOND INDONESIAN GROUP - CONVERSION TO JUDAISM 14 JULY - 22 JULY 2016

CONVERSION TO JUDAISM
Second Group of UIJC

The United Indonesian Jewish Community - Brit Beracha Congregation Indonesia  has been supervising and mentoring the below second students/convert candidates since June 2014 - July 2016 :

11 members of BBI Jakarta
12 members of BBI Magelang
28 Members of BBI Mahanaim Timika Papua
23 Members of BBI Nendali Sentani Jayapura Papua
Total : 74 convert candidates

After final study and interview process with UIJC rabbi, not all members could finish the studies and fulfill our requirements. Therefore, we let the ready students to meet our rabbis.

We again set up our Beth Dinh. Our Beth Dinh were formed by 3 rabbis and one witness :
Rabbi Shoshana Kaminsky, a rabbi of Progressive Beth Shalom Adelaide,   Moetzah UPJ
Rabbi David Kunin, a rabbi of Japan Jewish Community - Conservative Jewish Community (JJC) - member of Moetzah UPJ
Rabbi Benjamin (Benny) Meijer Verbrugge, a Rabbi of the United Indonesian Jewish Community
Shelley Estaire Kunin, a Hebrew School of JJC Japan.

Rabbis arrived Yogyakarta on 12 July 2016 from Bali, and did interviewed Magelang Group in Yogyakarta  on 13-14 July. Mikveh was done at the spring of Water Department in Magelang.

After conducting shabbat with BBI Jakarta on 15-16 July 2016, Beth Dinh did interview for convert candidates on 17 July 2016 at the Peak (Frasseur)  Apartment, and Mikveh (immersion) done at Ancol beach Jakarta. Beth Dinh took flight to Timika Papua, via Makassar on 18 July.

Group of Jayapura joint Timika group for the interview.
Timika group had interview on 19-20 July 2016
Sentani Jayapura group had it on 22-23 July 2016
Our kehila BBI Mahanaim SP3 Timika Papua has built 2 beautiful Mikveh Pools in their big shul where they collected the rainfall water.

Below the students ready to meet Beth Dinh for interview, but 16 students had to delay their final process :

07 members of BBI Jakarta
06 members of BBI Magelang
24 Members of BBI Mahanaim Timika Papua, 4 other members pending process
11 Members of BBI Nendali Sentani Jayapura Papua, 12 members pending process
Total : 48 New Jews and 16 pending candidates

We will work to help the pending candidates to finish their final process at latest before Pesach 2017