So, when Rabbi Chuck Davidson asked for volunteers to be balaniot mikveh attendants for a conversion that he was conducting, I jumped at the chance. Rabbi Davidson has been promoting Orthodox conversion in Israel outside of the Chief Rabbinate for nearly a decade. To convert to Judaism, a person must understand that he or she will be joining the Jewish people for better or worse, forever. This means that they know that a Jew is beholden to the commandments and restrictions, rewards and punishments given to us via the Torah, and he or she must acknowledge and agree to be subject to these laws.