The Shabbat Candle-Lighting Blessing, and Calling On the Ancestors for Connection and Wisdom
Shabbat Is About Pausing For Connection With Your Loved Ones and With Your Judaism. So What If You Can’t Connect? Try this.
Shabbat Is About Pausing For Connection With Your Loved Ones and With Your Judaism. So What If You Can’t Connect? Try this.
Shabbat is a time to break free of technology and connect with ourselves and others. Now why is that so damn hard?
My First Christmas as a Jew was in lockdown in the pandemic epicenter: Loving Christmas doesn’t just go away when you convert
It’s Rosh Hashanah, a new year! As we bring in 5782, here are some things we can do without.
It’s Elul, the High Holy Days are nearly here, and it’s been awhile since we’ve posted. We’re back! Some jokes to get you through until 5782
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
A lot is awry at the moment: political violence in America, white nationalists in the streets, and a general feeling of unease as 5783 kicks off with a renewed sense of dread and antisemitism. A recap of October.
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).