A review by beccak
Lovesong: Becoming a Jew by Julius Lester

5.0

Outstanding memoir detailing Lester's transformation from the child of an African American reverend to a Civil Rights pioneer to a professor and Jew. I love the style, which shows what he's thinking and feeling at each stage along the way...this generates more suspense about his choices and highlights the internal contradictions and struggles within each human being. While his love for Judaism is clear, touching, and profound, I also really appreciated his love of humanity as a whole and - still more - his reflections on fatherhood. Touching, poignant, surprising, funny, and poetic, the book really made me want to meet Professor Lester.