Choosing a Jewish Life, Revised and Updated: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends

This sums up what it means to be a Jew by choice: It is an act of love and conviction.

Ruth is considered a model for those who convert, so Shavuot is often associated with Jews by choice.

That is the paradox at the heart of this book: To create the kind of Judaism that is worth choosing, we need to start by choosing Judaism.

Judaism offered the covenantal model—a partnership between God and man. In the initial phase, God is the initiator and driving force, but for the sake of human freedom and dignity, God self-limits. Humanity is to grow into ever greater responsibility.