Dan Albano

Dan Albano is a digital electronics engineer. He and his fiancée, Felicia, live in Washington, D.C., and will be married in September 2016.

Why I Chose to Embrace Judaism and How I Did It

Dan Albano

Walking into that first Introduction to Judaism class, I was nervous. For the last five years, I’d become increasingly immersed in Jewish culture, attending High Holiday services with my girlfriend's family, exchanging Hanukkah gifts, reading books on Judaism, and consulting “Rabbi Google.” Still, I felt like an outsider – self-conscious and keenly aware of my “other-ness.”