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On being Christian. Then Jewish. Then Christian again.

On being Christian. Then Jewish. Then Christian again.

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Virginia Heffernan
Feb 01, 2021
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My conversation with Mikki Halpin for GLAMOUR Magazine.

Virginia Heffernan, the author of Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, converted to Judaism when she got married. When the relationship ended, the New Yorker converted back.

In my twenties I called myself a moderately devout Episcopalian. I had a sturdy faith, but I went to church only on Easter or C…

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