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

4.0

Conversion memoirs aren't really my thing, but I had this one specifically recommended to me, and it was an interesting read. Lester, the son of a Black Methodist minister who grew up in Kansas City and Nashville, learned he had a Jewish ancestor as a child and ultimately converted in his 40s. He struggles with his desire to be Jewish, his sense of himself as a Black man, and his relationship to God and religion. Lester was a gifted writer who published in multiple genres, which puts this above the usual tier of religious memoir.