text: > Given that I am currently a minor  No sensible rabbi will convert you anyways.  > I'll have to convert Reform or Conservative (because I'll at least get more knowledge about the religion and learn traditions, which is an exciting process on its own),  This is a huge red flag. Each movement has different mutually exclusive theologies, so treating these as stepping stones will set you back. But yes, Judaism, and orthodoxy in particular, is highly communal and you need to live in a community.