Went to a Tisha B'Av gathering outside of ICE today.

[Mc Mike]

At a non-descript newer brick bldg on South Side, by the Hot Metal bridge.

I'd like to thank the Interfaith Jewish groups who held the service and protest rally today.

The rabbis and the rank and file synagogue members took time to help others, including a lot of catholics. I was honored to participate, and thank them for speaking while my catholic hierarchy remains mum. (Not Pope F., but the ratzinger/jpII appointee, Bishop Zubic.)

It was a nice ceremony and activist event, one of 50 in the country.


I turned out for JVP's event backing moslems in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, right at the start of Rump's admin. When that shooter shot up the Tree of Life, some Islamic groups offered money, to stand guard during the Synagogue's services, whatever was needed. Now good Jewish people are helping catholics. (There are some protestant converts among the immigrants and refugees, but the population is largely R.C.)

Seems like the way forward. Work with all good people, for all good people, across traditional activist advocacy lines.

[Gothmog]

1. Thank you for your report

[Gothmog]

2. Jews mark annual day of mourning by protesting Trump immigration policies

Link to tweet

Members of the Jewish community typically observe Tisha B’Av, the annual day of mourning, by fasting, reading from the book of lamentations and going to temple. But on Sunday, more than 250 Jews from the Washington region spent the day under the searing afternoon sun at Lafayette Square, across from the White House, protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

Some came in large groups from their synagogues, sporting matching T-shirts and signs that read “Never Again.” Others, like 87-year old Ann Ingram and her 59-year-old daughter, Julie Ingram, had never observed Tisha B’Av before, but felt compelled to mark the occasion for the first time this year.

They were joined by thousands more across the country who attended similar protests in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and 60 other locations — the latest manifestations of a growing wave of activism among Jews opposed to the Trump administration’s immigration policies, which some argue are reminiscent of the way Jewish people have been treated in the past.

[Mc Mike]

3. Thanks for the info, nt.

[Gothmog]

4. HAPPENING NOW: Houston Police arresting #JewsAgainstICE who blocked the Southwest Key Facility.

Link to tweet

[Mc Mike]

5. Sam Seder's Majority Report is covering JfREJ, JewsAgainstICE, close the camps.

JVP.

Looks like a good mobilization.

[Gothmog]

6. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[Mc Mike]

7. Thanks for the informative links, G. NT