Viral sensation ‘Non-Jewish Nanny’ converts — and says the Oct. 7 massacre made her want to convert even more: ‘Even stronger connection’

She whitethorn beryllium an charismatic Jewish Nanny now — but she’s nary Fran Drescher.

A wildly celebrated social media personality went from nan “Non-Jewish Nanny” to an charismatic convert, claiming nan Oct. 7 massacre only fueled her desire to beryllium Jewish.

Adriana Fernandez, a Floridian who attended backstage Christian schoolhouse increasing up pinch almost nary vulnerability to Judaism, became a de-facto societal media prima of David for her much than 100,000 followers connected TikTok and Instagram erstwhile she started nannying for Orthodox families astir 4 years ago.

She’s cultivated a devoted pursuing pinch her cheery and earnest videos navigating her measurement learning nan ropes successful observant homes.

Exposed to nan “beauty” of Judaism, nan young bartender and budding opera vocalist became an charismatic Jewess past month, aft a years-long conversion process inspired by her young charges, who taught her astir nan faith. 

While Fernandez said she’s “always had a narration pinch G-d,” galore of her Orthodox clients’ customs baffled her — for illustration discovering that a belief mom wears a sheitel, aliases wig, for modesty and a mezuzah connected nan doorpost denotes a Jewish home, she said.

Soon, those customs stopped being mysterious and instead, became “powerful.”

One Friday day Fernandez was leaving her charges arsenic they prepared for their play Sabbath meal, while her plans progressive “running to happy hr pinch friends to get drunk each weekend.”

“I want a life for illustration that 1 day,” she recalled thinking.

“I wanted to beryllium Jewish truthful bad,” she said from her location successful Boca Raton. 

The charismatic frum fatale – whose sunny characteristic shines done successful each station reveling successful her caller “chosen” path  – is now fresh for her first Passover arsenic a Jew.

“Officially chose my outfit for my first Seder arsenic a Jew,” Fernandez, whose Hebrew sanction is Adina Shoshana, wrote connected Instagram this week to plaudits from supportive members of nan tribe.

The classically trained vocalist and nanny said she “definitely would emotion to make Hebrew euphony covers” and of people constitute a children’s book.

As she prepared for Passover, she reflected connected nan vacation commemorating nan Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and nan taxable of liberation.

For Fernandez, nan vacation known for its 4 cups of vino astatine nan seder and a week of munching matzah, is what being Jewish is each about. “That’s erstwhile nan Jewish federation was really born.”

But nan way to Judaism wasn’t ever easy for Fernandez.

Some derided her arsenic “mashugana” — nan Yiddish connection for crazy — for becoming a Jew aft Hamas slaughtered 1,200 Israelis successful a astonishment battle connected Oct. 7, 2023.

“Oct. 7 made maine want to beryllium Jewish more,” she said, noting her determination to person to Judaism is simply a measurement to conflict antisemitism.

With group pleading, “The full world hates us,” Fernandez said she didn’t hesitate.

“These are my group too,” she thought. “I was already successful nan process of converting – but I could person stopped.”  

“My first thought connected Oct. 7 wasn’t, ‘How do I get retired of this?’” she recalled. “I felt an moreover stronger relationship to G-d.”