Lovesong (8)

Title: Lovesong: Becoming a Jew
Author: Julius Lester
Genre: Memoir, Judaism

I wish I had read this book at the beginning of my conversion journey instead of starting it the day before my mikvah and finishing it the day of my conversion ceremony. Oh well, you can’t have everything you want. If I had read it at the beginning it would have been much easier to verbalize a lot of the things I felt cause I could have just shared passages from this book. Lester speaks so much more eloquently than I was able to about the yearnings of the soul that are particular to converts and a lot of the intangibles that make us find and know our paths. It is a powerful book.

Seriously, I’d love to just paste about two pages worth of quotes in here and then go: “yes, that’s the way I’ve felt and feel now.” But there are copyright issues so go buy your own copy. Or ask to borrow mine and I’ll highlight some passages for you.