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Friend –
Tisha B'Av – known as the saddest day of the
Jewish year – arrives during a moment of deep collective reckoning for
our country.
With the backdrop of a global pandemic and uprisings sparked by
police violence, we invite Jews and allies to join us for a
national call to mourn the overwhelming violence against
Black people in our country and discuss the transformational
organizing of defunding the police, reinvesting in community, and
reimagining safety. Will you join us?
Tisha B'Av: Mourning and Reimagining
Safety
Wednesday, July 29th at 8 pm
EST
Facebook Live with Dove Kent, Graie Hagans,
and
Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg
Tisha B'Av, a Jewish day of mourning, traditionally commemorates
the destruction of the Temples and episodes of violence against the
Jewish people throughout history. In recent years, many Jews
and allies have marked Tisha B'Av in the streets: in front of
detention centers and prisons, crying out against violence in our
immigration and carceral systems.
This year, in the midst of a national uprising, we will gather to
grieve the overwhelming lives lost from white supremacy and anti-Black
racism, including in our Black Jewish family, in the forms of police
violence, white vigilante terrorism, and the unjust racialized impact
of COVID-19.
We offer this national call now so that our Tisha B'Av
mourning can catalyze deeper and sustained engagement in
campaigns and action to transform our country into a multiracial
democracy where all of us are safe and free.
RSVP
for the Tisha B'Av Facebook Live on Wednesday, July 29th, at
8pm.
We hope you join us to mourn the lives lost to white supremacy and
to discuss organizing efforts – following the leadership of Black
organizers, including Black Jews – to defund the police, invest in
community, and reimagine safety.
In solidarity,
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
PS: You can check out Bend the Arc's Tisha
B'Av Ritual Action Toolkit and the Nine
Days of Av for Racial Justice 5780 Study and Action Guide for
ritual and text resources to move from mourning to action in this
moment.
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