Mare Winningham, who was scheduled to perform during the Biennial, sat down to speak with Peter Bebergal of Jewcy, an online Jewish community magazine, last August. They talked about her new Jewish country/ gospel music album Refuge Rock Sublime, her conversion to Judaism and her movie and television stardom which spans three decades.

It’s rare that you hear about a celebrity’s foray into Judaism that doesn’t involve Philip Berg and the Kabbalah Centre. Madonna changed her name to Esther, but we haven’t yet seen an album bearing that nom de plume.