Elianna Oken: She Found Out She Wasn't Jewish... After Living Jewish Her Entire Life
About this episode
Elianna Oken shares her journey of discovering her Jewish identity and undergoing an Orthodox conversion after learning she wasn't Jewish.
Elianna Oken grew up celebrating Shabbat, attending Hebrew school, and proudly identifying as Jewish. Then a simple question from her sister changed everything. This episode follows her remarkable journey through an Orthodox conversion, navigating questions of halachic status, Jewish identity, community, and faith while discovering a deeper connection to Judaism than she ever imagined. Follow Elianna here IG: https://www.instagram.com/eliannakataev/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@eliannakataev ✬ SPONSORS OF THE EPISODE ✬ ► Colel Chabad: Help Families in Israel For more than 230 years, Colel Chabad has helped families facing financial hardship put food on the table with dignity and care. DOWNLOAD THE APP & HELP HERE → https://pushkapp.cc/inspo ► Shagririm Balev: Help Build Jewish Homes Shagririm Balev empowers friends to help friends find meaningful shidduchim through trusted personal connections. More than 1,000 couples have already gotten married through the platform. LEARN MORE → https://go.ou.org/peykx ► Simchonim: Personalized Judaica for Every Simcha Create personalized benchers, siddurim, Tehillim, machzorim, and more for weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Sheva Brachos…
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