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
Thinking of all in Narrow Places this Pesach, and a lovely piece by Rabbi Sharon Brous of Ikar
On our road trip and 3-month sojourn in Mexico, we now found ourselves in the American South: New Orleans, my birthplace, and new home to both the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (5 Star!) and an Airbnb called Synagogue, in a former synagogue, with all history removed and in its stead, Christian art (decidedly NOT 5 stars). Read my reviews of both with photos, and get yourself to NOLA! ??⚜️
American Genocides: Native American genocide (continual, unacknowledged) African slave trade and Black oppression (unacknowledged, as of yet atoned) Unnecessary nuclear bombings of Japan used solely as tests and a warning to Russia, 1945 D*n*ld Tr*mp’s ignoring a pandemic to let it kill his political enemies, then actively spreading it, 2020 (emphasis on highly disproportionate mortality and health outcomes based on […]
Why is that so hard to say? Why can’t we stand together now, more than ever?
Every year in San Francisco, a giant pink triangle adorns Twin Peaks over the Castro. What does it mean?
Barcelona once had a 10% Jewish population and today, it’s stripped of most of that history. Here’s what I did find.
More from The Wandering Jew: A return to a place I visited 25 years ago, and some Jewish surprises there
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).