Why we went from Catholic schoolgirl to Hasidic Jewish spouse

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Growing up in a Catholic family members in East ny into the ’90s, Yehudit Chervony, nee Yomaira Tamayo, didn’t even understand just what a Jew ended up being. Now, she belongs to a strict hasidic sect in ny.

“I would personally drive through Williamsburg and I also remember thinking, ‘What language is that?’ I thought these people were Amish,” says Chervony, 34.

Every Sunday, although, by age 10, she had stopped considering herself Catholic as the daughter of two immigrants from Latin America, she dutifully attended