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[quote=Anonymous]OP I am a convert and converted via a conservative synagogue.  First I would start going to some services and read about converting and see if it really fits you. Then I would contact some local conservative synagogues. Years ago before my conversion (not in DC) there was a website related to conversion that listed names of rabbis who welcomed prospective converts. Expect to go through minimum of a year of study in both Hebrew and Jewish beliefs and traditions during which time you are expected to live Jewishly, attend services frequently, etc. after at least a year but possibly more- when both you and your rabbi feel you are ready- your conversion will take place. You will go in front of a beit din to answer questions and explain your motivation for converting as well as your plans for living a Jewish life moving forward. Then after that you will go into the mikveh and say specific prayers while the rabbi listens in behind a curtain to confirm that you have said them and then you are considered Jewish.
You will have a certificate to prove the conversion. We have over quite often and yes, I am asked to supply this when we have joined a new synagogue. Possibly because I have young children and they want to be sure all is in order for their bnai mitzvahs to take place. 
It is not a difficult process if you are eager but having a partner/family who is not interested in joining you makes it much harder. In my conversion class there was at least one of these situations and after the first year of study they were not ready to go through with the conversion yet.

In some instances it is traditional for a rabbi to turn you down 3 times before speaking to you about converting. Note that a conservative conversion is not accepted in Israel. Only an Orthodox conversion is. An Orthodox conversion typically has the shortest period of study before converting and the less observant you go the longer the study period is. [/quote]

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