Judiasm and Music: What a Country Singer’s Conversion Taught Me About Judaism
Buchanan grew up believing deeply in God but almost entirely outside organized religion. His parents didn’t want religion in the house, but his grandfather gave him something simpler that never left him. One day, he called his grandson over and told him to look outside.
What a Country Singer’s Conversion Taught Me About Judaism
Joe had grown up outside Judaism, searching for a tradition that had room for the questions he already carried. I had grown up inside Judaism and gone somewhere else looking for the kind of questioning I thought Judaism had promised me.
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