# Jewish Converts: Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 2, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-converts-why/39332 "2000-11-02T01:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-converts-why/39332/21 "2000-11-02T21:07:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JoltSucker \* > > \*\*If someone finds the idea of living by a high ethical code appealling, and they’re not looking for a reward in the afterlife, then perhaps conversion to Judaism is for them. \*\* Or, say, Secular Humanism… * * * Yer pal, [Satan](http://www.members.tripod.com/jmspoofe/sdmb/satan.jpg) \*I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Six months, three weeks, three days, 19 hours, 12 minutes and 12 seconds. 8312 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,039.00. Extra life with Drain Bead: 4 weeks, 20 hours, 40 minutes. **David B used me as a cite!** \* ---
**Author:** ![djbdjb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@djbdjb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djbdjb)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-converts-why/39332/22 "2000-11-03T23:18:39Z")
It seems there is a kind of clamorous thread going on the topic of circumcision, so I hesitate a little to ask, but … Do adult converts to Judaism have to be circumcised? ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-converts-why/39332/23 "2000-11-03T23:42:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djbdjb \* > \*\*It seems there is a kind of clamorous thread going on the topic of circumcision, so I hesitate a little to ask, but … Do adult converts to Judaism have to be circumcised? \*\* Yep. If they are already circumcised, the moyel (sp?) draws a symbolic drop of blood from the penis. And of course, according to **Jack Dean Tyler** , the converts become emotionally crippled father-haters who insist upon having sex by placing their penis _inside_ a woman’s vagina :eek:, cause war in the Middle East, and run up the national debt. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-converts-why/39332.md?page=1)