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March 13, 2020

029: Judaism’s Best Ideas: A Listicle

Torah. Echad. Tikkun. Halakha. Shabbat. Judaism’s Best Ideas IMHO (in my Hebrew opinion)

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 6 min read
February 14, 2020

028: Flashback Friday: Mikvah orientation, feeling underwater, and halfway mark

Post from 2019, way back yonder before we nearly had WW3 with Iran and a President was impeached but nothing happened Highlights! Toured the mikvah where I convert in March, the day after my 40th Lots of feels about it Finished my required Intro to Judaism class in January Started Intro 2.0 class! We toured the Mikvah at the beginning […]

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 2 min read
December 17, 2019

025: Bacon, Bread, and Butter: Haven’t I snipped out enough?

No pork. Dairy. Gluten. No bagels, no bacon. No Christmas trees.

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 5 min read
October 11, 2019

015: Yom Kippur & Schrödinger’s Jew: Practicing but not quite there yet

I survived my first YK and all I got was this spirituality, connection, wonder, yearning, belonging, insights, new friends, and a dash of dizziness

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 5 min read
September 27, 2019

012: Picking a Rabbi, A Community, and a Name

Forging a Jewish Identity: How I chose a Rabbi, a community, and a Hebrew name—with love–while being very pissed off at the state of the world.

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 4 min read

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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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