Hineni: Here I am, A Learner and Wanderer—A Jewish Tour of San Francisco
Throwback: My May 2021 experience in my new city.
Throwback: My May 2021 experience in my new city.
On Shavuot, we are reminded of our ongoing obligation to lead lives of compassion and justice.
On Tuesday, October 6, 2020: I go to the mikvah today to become Jewish. Here are my thoughts the night before.
A little torah (study) for Shavuot follows; Shavuot is the Jewish holiday that once was a harvest festival and now is an all-night, dairy-binging, torah-studying celebration of Sinai, learning, and Jewish converts. That’s me! And this will complete a full year’s cycle of Jewish holidays for me. Conversion date: TBD! Torah as promised. Ahem, I may have mentioned this before.
Listening to people steeped in privilege complain of their oppression and compare it to slavery is particularly hard if you’re a person of color. It’s difficult to process, too, as a queer person, or a Jewish or Muslim person. Freedom ends when you harm others. “Freedom” means something radically different to groups accustomed to dominating and oppressing others. via GIPHY
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).