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Year: 2020

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December 30, 2020

057 | What Christmas Means to Me, A New Jew After Conversion

My First Christmas as a Jew was in lockdown in the pandemic epicenter: Loving Christmas doesn’t just go away when you convert

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 8 min read
December 3, 2020

056 | Post-Mikvah Slumps, Lame Duck Dumps, and Pandemic Punishment: We enter the darkest months of the year

Things are beyond difficult for millions. A week from tonight, we begin to light the lights to guide us into a better chapter

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 4 min read
November 20, 2020

Rebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway

I’m loving this piece by Rebecca Solnit at Literary Hub. Let’s look at violence and the political divide in America right now.

Links 2 min read
November 19, 2020

Photo: Stare Hatred, Ignorance, and Racism in the Face.

We need this reminder right now: Post-Election Slow-Motion Coup Madness Trump’s face says it all here. Not only couldn’t he make eye contact 4 years ago, he’s making “apology face” and pursing his lips. He’s ashamed, and he knows what he really is. Obama, meanwhile, looked him in the eye and invited him into the Oval Office after years of […]

Politics, Fascism, and Antisemitism 51 sec read
October 29, 2020

055 | A New Jew’s Registry: Social Causes, Nefesh, and Some Holiday Cheer

Some things you can do to help me mark my milestone, including giving to some good causes, my budding Jewish community that’s doing great, fresh, necessary things and is in startup mode, or sending me a little something.

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 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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