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Joe Buchanan - Interview with the Houston Jewish History Archive at Rice University (May 11, 2020)

This is an oral history with Joe Buchanan, a Jewish country musician who writes and performs songs about Judaism. Buchanan was born in Clear Lake, Texas and grew up in Southeast Texas. In this interview Buchanan describes his conversion to Judaism as an adult, after struggling with searching for God in Christianity since his childhood. He describes the process of conversion and his relationship with Rabbi Federow of Congregation Shaar Hashalom in Houston. Buchanan further describes his musical influences, the process of creating his musical and educational Shabbat offerings, and how he feels representing Jewish Texans. Over the course of the interview, Buchanan performs four songs. This interview was captured via Zoom due to the COVID-19 health crisis, and Buchanan describes the effect that COVID-19 has had on his plans as a traveling performer and how he has adapted to serve the Jewish community with digital services and other offerings. For more on the Houston Jewish History Archive at Rice University, visit our website: https://jewishstudies.rice.edu/housto...