Of course, now that conversion IS an option, the wall building often takes the form of "Your conversion isn't good enough for me! I refuse to recognise it, and you as a Jew!" (or occasionally even: "Your grandmother's conversion isn't good enough for me to recognise you as a Jew!", a real life story from Berlin as outlined by the historian Barbara Steiner in her book "Die Inszenierung des Juedischen" p 60).
The most shattering example of this situation that I remember seeing is in the blog post linked below.
Of course, now that conversion IS an option, the wall building often takes the form of "Your conversion isn't good enough for me! I refuse to recognise it, and you as a Jew!" (or occasionally even: "Your grandmother's conversion isn't good enough for me to recognise you as a Jew!", a real life story from Berlin as outlined by the historian Barbara Steiner in her book "Die Inszenierung des Juedischen" p 60).
The most shattering example of this situation that I remember seeing is in the blog post linked below.
https://www.kvetchingeditor.com/2010/12/be-prepared-to-review-conversion-manual.html