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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dbraunofva" data-source="post: 2523772" data-attributes="member: 644936">If she's Jewish, yes.  But if she's not, then her parents decide for her until she's 18.  If you want to convert, take your parents with you next time.Put yourself in the rabbi's place.  He doesn't know if your parents are open to your choosing you own beliefs or if they're rabid anti-semites and extreme fundamentalist Christians.  He might find Social Services and the police at his door, accusing him of corrupting you, turning you away from God, contributing to your delinquency. . . .</blockquote>