What does Ivanka Trump, Elizabeth Taylor, Patriots great Andre Tippet, and Sammy Davis, Jr. all have in common? That's right, they all converted to the chosen people, and that's the topic for our discussion today...conversion.

We'll talk about how things may have gone a lot more smoothly for G-d's chosen people if they had tried recruiting more, why so few people who start the conversion process end up completing it, the court that decides your Jewish fate, why Ruth converted, and why yes, if uncut men convert, they still have to get their tip snipped.

As for the Parsha this week, for the sake of continuity, we'll discuss why circumcision is so important, the somewhat messed story of Sarai and Hagar, and the birth of Ishmael.

This week's Parsha covers, Genesis 16:1–17:16