Raised Catholic, Coleen Dieker plays in both Irish punk and Jewish prayer bands January 14, 2021 3:36 pm Coleen Dieker said the pandemic forces us to create our own spiritual food and think: What is my Judaism to me?” (Courtesy of Dieker)
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(JTA) – Coleen Dieker isn’t your typical Jewish soul singer.
A Korean-American musical prodigy who plays everything from violin to guitar to piano, Dieker was raised in a devout Catholic home where she played church music every Sunday with her three siblings.
But after a rebellious stint in her 20s in which she struggled with addiction and depression and gave up religion, Dieker stumbled into an unusual gig with a traveling Jewish prayer band in Kansas City.