Project Conversion

The Huffington Post reports on Andrew Bowen who has decided to try 12 religions, 1 a month:

1. January: Hinduism
2. February: Baha'i
3. March: Zoroastrianism
4. April: Judaism
5. May: Buddhism
6. June: Fringe
7. July: Mormonism
8. August: Islam
9. September: Sikhism
10. October: Wicca
11. November: Jainism
12. December: Catholicism

Each month he will immerse himself in the selected religion, as follows:

1. Week One: Religious Practices, Worship, and Ritual
2. Week Two: Culture and Art
3. Week Three: Social Issues/Conflicts
4. Week Four: Personal Reflection on the Month

Sounds like an interesting idea. However only one month for Judaism? Which type? Orthodox? Reform? You could probably spend 12 months just trying out the various forms of Judaism, or even just the various types of Orthodox Judaism. I've actually tried a few of these below:

1. January: Extreme Chassidic: Satmar
2. February: Regular Chassidic: Belz / Ger
3. March: Wacky Chassidic: Breslav
4. April: Ultra Wacky Chassidic: Lubavitch Meshichist
5. May: Extreme Bnai Brak Chareidi
6. June: Regular US Chareidi
7. July: RWMO / MO Machmir
8. August: LWMO (non Orthoprax)
9. September: LWMO Orthoprax
10. October: Frum Sephardi*
11. November: Not so frum Sephardi*
12. December: Baal Teshuva

* A bit lame I know. And Bucharians, Iranians, Iraqis, Temanim etc are all different too.