SHABBAT THOUGHT: All the Things Shabbat Are (and are not yet for me); Confession Time
Shabbat is a time to break free of technology and connect with ourselves and others. Now why is that so damn hard?
Shabbat is a time to break free of technology and connect with ourselves and others. Now why is that so damn hard?
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 […]
The far-right takeover of the mainstream GOP, a call for mass violence, and anti-semitism
Just about the last big in-person event I went to PC / BC* was Purim with my Nefesh community. What is Purim? I’m glad you asked! PC / BC Pre-/Before Corona Purim is the springtime festival celebrating the story in the Torah’s Book of Esther about the near destruction of the Jewish people in the Persian exile. It’s a loud, […]
The messages of the civil rights movement of economic and social justice are needed now as we enter fascism and a new robber-baron era
A road trip from Marrakesh to the Sahara: Camels, COVID, new friends—and History
America is going off the rails: We knew this, but now we know what it feels like. So what can we do?
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 ?
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...
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).