This autobiographical book about the Civil Rights Movement and the authors conversion to Judaism is thought provoking, informative and beautifully written.
I read Lovesong at the insistence of Steve Gerst one of my hiking buddies and a dear friend. I had just read Conceiving God by David Lewis-Williams and didn’t think I needed another religion book from either side of the “is there a god” debate. Lester reminded me that one can be a good Jew without making a leap of faith. In my Judaism one is judged by ones deeds not ones beliefs.
Yiddishkeit refers to the Eastern European Judaism practiced by orthodox Jews and Yiddish speakers from that area.
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