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Adriana Fernandez, who rose to social media fame as “The Non-Jewish Nanny,” has officially converted to Judaism after completing an extensive Orthodox conversion process. Ahead of celebrating her first Passover as a Jew, the 27-year-old Florida native updated her online moniker to “Now-Jewish Nanny.”
Fernandez, who was raised in a Christian family, was first introduced to Judaism while working as a nanny for Orthodox Jewish families in New York. Over time, she gained a substantial following on platforms like Instagram and TikTok, where she shares her experiences learning about Jewish customs and life with more than 100,000 followers.
In an interview with the New York Post, Fernandez described how Jewish traditions that once felt foreign gradually became deeply meaningful to her. “I want a life like that one day,” she said. “I wanted to be Jewish so bad."
Fernandez told her followers that she completed her Orthodox conversion under the supervision of the Rabbinical Council of America, but chose to keep most of the details private.
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“I didn’t want anyone cheering me on OR knocking me down — I needed it to be only between me, my rabbis, and Hashem,” she wrote on Instagram.
Asked about visiting Israel, Fernandez said she had turned down “very special opportunities” to travel there, choosing instead to wait until she could experience it “with a full soul — as a Jew.” She explained that she didn’t want to engage with aspects of Judaism before fully understanding or connecting with them, to avoid trivializing their meaning.
Now going by her Hebrew name, Adina Shoshana, Fernandez says she plans to write children’s books and create Hebrew music. She recently posted a video showing her name printed on a personal prayer book.