Antonio García MartínezVerified account

When you first talk to a rabbi about conversion, the two topics on the agenda are circumcision and, if you were raised Christian, what your thoughts are on this Christ business. Your wee-wee and Jesus, that's what you talk about, and in very serious tones too.

What (if anything) Jesus Christ means to you also confronts you on days like today, Easter Sunday, as Christian Twitter announces that the Son of God died and is risen, thus defeating death for all of us. Coming a week after passover, it's a striking juxtaposition of belief.

Western culture is absolutely steeped in Christian thought (though my not realize it nowadays), so it's almost impossible to leave that reference frame. But....this is the first time observing Christianity's key holiday from 'the outside', and boy, does is look a little kooky.