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Doing Jewish: A Blog on Jewish Journeys •

All Quiet on the Western Left

TL;DR: The left sees a flailing Iranian terror apparatus striking at a dozen nations and now, synagogues, and calls that proof the war should end, when it’s proof the war should continue until the regime is dead and gone.Yesterday in Michigan, a terrorist set off a bomb and rammed his car into the biggest Reform Synagogue in America.Except it was Thursday, midday. Synagogues are also schools.140 preschool children were inside and were the target of the gunman.Yet when I visit my notorious Facebo...
Doing Jewish: A Blog on Jewish Journeys •

Superheroes Are Jewish: Superman, Erasure, Appropriation, and the Shoah

Actually, the same voices claim EVERYTHING is about Palestine. No exaggeration: Collective Liberation. Blaming Jews *cough cough* Israel for global warming, sexism, US policing, lack of health care in the US, and more.In the very beginning of the new James Gunn-helmed movie, Superman is being condemned for intervening in international politics for the first time. At issue is a powerful European nation invading its powerless neighbor. Very quickly, we see the culprit, despite made-up names, is cl...
Songsmith LA •

Blog Post: GoFundMe & Fundraising - Small Business Development

Hi, my name is Bobby Apperson, founder of Songsmith LA - a unique small business and music school in East Hollywood, Los Angeles. I formed Songsmith out of a need for a modern, different approach to music education and the creation and sharing of music, including songwriting. We have a large community of songwriters and producers, and as we like to say, Songsmith gives you the music lessons you always needed.
Newish Jewish •

Writing Sample: My Poor Jerusalem: Tisha B’av, Portland, and Grief

This week as I marked my first Tisha B’av as part of the community, booms filled the sky. I’m in a semi-rural area in north San Diego county. The house shakes, the windows moan, and the dogs mobilize.

I’m holed up something like 3-point-3 miles east of Camp Pendleton where the Marines train and regularly blow things up late at night.

The whole house rattles, a little earthquake each time, and until it subsides you’re not quite sure if it actually is an earthquake. It beckons like a not-so-distant war.

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