{"id":37798,"date":"2017-08-09T22:27:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T04:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=37798"},"modified":"2017-08-09T22:27:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T04:27:56","slug":"glen-campbell-was-a-practicing-messianic-jew-for-over-two-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/glen-campbell-was-a-practicing-messianic-jew-for-over-two-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Campbell was a practicing Messianic Jew for over two decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By GABE FRIEDMAN<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 Glen Campbell, the country music star who died at 81 on Tuesday from Alzheimer\u2019s, grew up in rural Arkansas. The man who sang hits such as \u201cRhinestone Cowboy\u201d and \u201cBy the Time I Get To Phoenix\u201d was raised a Baptist in a family of 12.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37799\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/campbell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37799\" class=\"wp-image-37799 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/campbell-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 30:  Musician Glen Campbell performs during a photo call at the Shangri-La Hotel Sydney on January 30, 2008 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Gaye Gerard\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/campbell-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/campbell.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37799\" class=\"wp-image-37799 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/campbell-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 30:  Musician Glen Campbell performs during a photo call at the Shangri-La Hotel Sydney on January 30, 2008 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Gaye Gerard\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/campbell-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/campbell.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-37799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glen Campbell at the Shangri-La Hotel Sydney in Sydney, Australia, Jan. 30, 2008. (Gaye Gerard\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But as the <a href=\"http:\/\/jewishjournal.com\/hollywood\/222720\/was-country-legend-glen-campbell-jewish\/\">Jewish Journal<\/a> pointed out, <a href=\"http:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/us-campbell-idINN0639059820080811\">Reuters<\/a> reported in 2008 that Campbell had been a Messianic Jew for the last two decades of his life. He and his wife Kim attended services at a synagogue near their home in Malibu, and they celebrated major Jewish holidays, such as Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Chanukah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKim cooks a mean brisket but is still working on her matzo balls,\u201d Dean Goodman wrote. \u201cAnd grape juice subs for Manischewitz in the alcohol-free household.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goodman even observed a menorah and a Hebrew book in Campbell\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Messianic Judaism combines Jewish traditions with the idea that Jesus Christ is the coming Messiah. \u201cIt\u2019s Jews who believe that Christ is the risen savior,\u201d as Campbell explained to Reuters. Some Messianic Jews want the movement to be accepted as a sect of Judaism, but mainstream Jewish movements believe the ideology is a contradiction.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Glen%20Campbell%20was%20a%20practicing%20Messianic%20Jew%20for%20over%20two%20decades\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7137],"tags":[8727,8790,8795,7528,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37800,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37798\/revisions\/37800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}