User:Teblick/Lily Isaacs
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Lily Isaacs is an American Christian musician and matriarch of The Isaacs, a bluegrass Southern gospel group.
Early years
[edit]Both of Isaacs's parents were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, [1] her father at Buchenwald[2] and her mother at Bergen-Belsen.[1] The impact of that experience on her was such that she said, "I was more tied to Judaism through the Holocaust than I was the actual religion itself."[3] She explained that her family was not Orthodox Jewish (or very religious in any way), but the fact that members of her family suffered and died during the war formed a strong bond with the Jewish cause. When she was a teenager, she was essentially an agnostic, unsure of what to believe.[3]
Isaacs became an American citizen when she was 9 years old, making her a dual citizen of the United States and Israel.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rhodes, Don (December 13, 2019). "Spend Christmas with The Isaacs". The August Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "Lily Isaacs Finds Healing in New Autobiography". beliefnet. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ a b Hall, Will (February 18, 2008). "Jewish folk singer to Christian music matriarch, Lily Isaacs' journey of faith". Baptist Press. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "The Year Of Jubilee: A Conversation with Lily Isaacs of the Isaacs". Southern Gospel News SGNScoops Digital. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
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