Grandpa Abe, The Jewish Cowboy

Brad Rothbart
4 min readApr 27, 2020
Life on The Lower East Side

As absolutely horrible as COVID-19 is, the majority of us will survive and have to navigate an uncertain future. There will be a worldwide economic depression. That seems inevitable. These days, all of my dreams are about breadlines, poverty, homelessness, a society overwhelmed by the very structures it chose.

As a Jew, I am also extremely aware that every time there is a large economic contraction, people…

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Brad Rothbart

Writer, thinker, diaresis fanboy. Topics: Politics, sports, and disability rights. Email: scrdchao@gmail.com, or caffeinate them @ https://ko-fi.com/sacredchaos