Converting to Judaism - Thanks Madonna! : Judaism Unbound Episode 390 - Marques Hollie

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Marques Hollie (he/they) is a theatre artist, storyteller, classically trained musician, and ritualist. They join Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about how Madonna, along with the book Judaism for Dummies, combined forces to catalyze a journey from "regular at a Nebraskan Pentecostal church" to "studying to become a rabbi." This episode is the fourth in an ongoing Judaism Unbound mini-series, exploring conversion to Judaism.

[1] For Marques Hollie’s previous appearance on Judaism Unbound, see Episode 326: Whose Canon is it Anyway? - Marques Hollie. Learn more about Marques Hollie by heading to MarquesHollie.com.

[2] For a piece exploring Madonna’s relationship to Kabbalah, which Hollie alludes to in this episode, click here.

[3] Hollie mentions the book God is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism, by David Cooper, as an important book on his journey toward conversion. You can purchase God is a Verb via this link.

[4] For the piece Lex references, about a self-identified “Viking Jewess,” click here.

[5] Hollie references creative work he’s done related to the Passover Seder. For more on this, see this interview of Hollie from Laba: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture, about their project “Go Down, Moshe.”