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Category: Social Justice, Tikkun Olam, BLM

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April 15, 2022

Passover and Shabbat Unite: Thoughts Toward the East, Toward Liberation, and a Better America and World

Thinking of all in Narrow Places this Pesach, and a lovely piece by Rabbi Sharon Brous of Ikar

Holy Days and Life Cycle 1 min read
September 6, 2021

Shana Tova: 7 Things We’re Leaving Behind in 5781 this Rosh Hashanah ?

It’s Rosh Hashanah, a new year! As we bring in 5782, here are some things we can do without.

Holy Days and Life Cycle 2 min read
May 14, 2021

060 | American Jews, This Shavuot it’s Time We Rededicate Ourselves to Social Justice

On Shavuot, we are reminded of our ongoing obligation to lead lives of compassion and justice.

Pandemic, Covid, and News 59 sec read
April 22, 2021

Earth Day: We are all stewards.

Earth Day: We are all stewards. Happy Earth Day, and take care of her, not just because Torah says to. Over at the Instagram: give us a follow there if you haven’t yet! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Newish Jewish | Amos (@doingjewish)

Social Justice, Tikkun Olam, BLM 12 sec read
February 25, 2021

Walk Forward: Exodus, Being Stuck, and Self-Actualization

Heschel, action over words, Psalms, and slogging through the mud to get to the other side

Holy Days and Life Cycle 3 min read

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From the Marrakesh to the Sahara: A Desert Journey, Spanish Travelers, and Tracing Jewish History in the Ancient Hills 🐪

A road trip from Marrakesh to the Sahara: Camels, COVID, new friends—and History

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I’m Pissed, and I’m Terrified: Roe, Christo-Fascism, Mass Shootings, and Rising Antisemitism

America is going off the rails: We knew this, but now we know what it feels like. So what can we do?

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Moroccan Beauty: Marrakesh, Jewish History and Art, and Initial Culture Shocks

On my first visit to and first stop in Morocco: Marrakesh, the bustling, dusty, overwhelming tourist center—and home to Jewish sights and sites in a Muslim Land ?

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Berlin Throwback: Memorial to the Slain Jews of Europe and Into the (Former) Lion’s Den

I lived in Europe in Summer 2017, a whirlwind of experiences and attempted-expat life (not meant-to-be at the time) that often seems like a three-month, 10-country dream. It was that summer I first visited Berlin, some 25 years after first trip to Europe. That summer, 1997, I landed in Frankfurt and stayed with a family...

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Bobby Apperson

Bobby Apperson

Bobby Apperson is a musician, writer, songwriter, piano & voice coach, and bon vivant living in Los Angeles, Calif. He is currently blogging about his conversion to Judaism and all that entails (and what he doesn't yet know that it entails).

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More from gorgeous, incredible Morocco: My trip from the Sahara took me to Fes, my favorite spot in the country. Maybe you caught some of this in my stories, but this is my first Fez post, so check it out and swipe through to see:
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