I was acquainted with Candye Kane and her body of work in my previous life.<\/p>\n
I saw her play the piano with her breasts at the World Pornography Conference in 1998.<\/p>\n
She was one tough act to follow.<\/p>\n
She too has beaten a path to Torah and enlightenment.<\/p>\n
The San Diego Union Tribune reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n Although Kane was raised in a nonreligious home, spirituality has always been a part of her life, she said.<\/p>\n “My parents were Bohemian hippies,” she said. “My childhood was quite turbulent, and so to escape the lunacy of my household, I used to go to church with the Mormon family down the street.”<\/p>\n Although Kane’s singing was encouraged at church talent nights, she was excommunicated at age 16, when she became pregnant with her first son.<\/p>\n Kane converted to reform Judaism five years ago.<\/p>\n “I’ve always been a seeker of religious peace or spirituality, (but) Judaism spoke to me on several levels as an adult, because of, No. 1, tikkun olam, which means ‘repairing the world.’ ”<\/p>\n Kane said she also incorporates aspects of Buddhism into her life.<\/p>\n “I really had a sense – especially after fighting cancer – of the importance of being in the moment, and of kind of letting go of the outcome and letting the universe provide for me what the universe is going to provide.”<\/p>\n As an artist who once wrote a song titled “The Lord Was a Woman,” Kane said she was impressed that her rabbi was open to the possibility that God could be female.<\/p>\n “That was just a huge turning point for me in my spiritual quest.”<\/p>\n Although the musical is largely adult-themed, the first two performances, Thursday and Friday, will be slightly toned down, so parents can choose to bring their high-school-age teens.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was acquainted with Candye Kane and her body of work in my previous life. I saw her play the piano with her breasts at the World Pornography Conference in 1998. She was one tough act to follow. She too … Continue reading \n