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Beginning a long-term examination of the Jewish ritual calendar, the Minyan discusses Tisha B'av, the fast day commemorating the destruction of the 2nd Temple of Jerusalem in 70CE, exploring the history leading up to the Roman sack of the Temple, the sectarian nature of 2nd Temple Judaism, the ritual practices of the holiday itself, and its meaning for revolutionary Jews seeking to build diasporist solidarity with all oppressed peoples in service of building a better world in the future, rather than seeking to reclaim a mythologized past in service of maintaining reactionary nationalism.
Dedicated in memory of Michael Brown on his yahrzeit, the anniversary of his murder by Ferguson, MO police, 5 years ago. Zikhrono Livrakha, may his memory be for blessing.
Please support Movimiento Cosecha in their fundraising effort to build a Cosecha House in El Paso, TX, organized by our comrade Juan Ortiz, who is recovering from injuries inflicted on him by a racist attacker. Mi shebeirach, Juan, may you be renewed in body and spirit. https://www.gofundme.com/f/cosecha-el-paso
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Intro Music: "Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song)," performed by Yiddish Glory & remixed by Eli Bertrum.
Outro Music: "Megillat Eichah (Book of Lamentations) Ch. 1," chanted in the Moroccan nusaḥ by Rabbi Meir 'Atia.
Suggested Readings for Tisha B'Av:
"Tisha B'av." Sefaria. Accessed August 01, 2019. https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/tags/Tisha%20B'av.
"Tisha B'av." T'ruah. Accessed August 01, 2019. https://www.truah.org/holiday/tisha-bav/.
Ellis, Marc H. "On Tisha B'Av, We Must Mourn Our Complicity." Mondoweiss. May 05, 2019. Accessed August 01, 2019. https://mondoweiss.net/2017/07/tisha-mourn-complicity/.
Tse-Tung, Mao. "Serve the People," in Collected Works of Mao Tse-Tung (1917-1949). [Springfield, Va.] :National Technical Information Service, 1978.
Traditional Liturgy includes:
Lamentations, in its entirety.
Deuteronomy 4:25-40.
Jeremiah 6:16–17 & 8:13–9:23
Exodus 32:11-14 & 34:1-10.
Hosea 14:2–10.
Micah 7:18–20.
Isaiah 55:6–56:8 (this does not include the passages mentioned by Tim, which are read on Yom Kippur. These can be found in Isaiah 58:5-7).
Historical Sources:
Borochov, Ber, and Mitchell Cohen. Class Struggle and the Jewish Nation: Selected Essays in Marxist Zionism. New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.: Transaction Books, 1984.
Brosilow, Isaac. ""What Does Vietnam Have to Do with Tisha B'Av?''." Jewish Currents. July 26, 2018. Accessed August 01, 2019. https://jewishcurrents.org/what-does-vietnam-have-to-do-with-tisha-b-av/.
Gilad, Elon. "The Mystery of Why Jews Fast on Tisha B'Av." Haaretz.com. April 10, 2018. Accessed August 01, 2019. https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/the-mystery-of-why-jews-fast-on-tisha-b-av-1.5258013.
Horbury, William, Davies, W.D., & Sturdy, John, eds. The Cambridge History of Judaism, vol. 3: The Early Roman Period. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Rapid Response to the Never Again Actions against ICE concentration camps, in connection and solidarity with Occupy Tornillo, Palestinian liberation movements, and the struggle of Ethiopian Jews against police brutality in Israel. Dedicated in memory of Solomon Teka, Z"L, the black Jewish teenager murdered last week by Israeli police. May his memory be for blessing. -------- Intro by Eli Bertrum Outro Music: "In Ale Gasn, Hey Hey Daloy Politsei" from In Love and Struggle: The Musical Legacy of the Jewish Labor Bund @ProlesMinyan on Twitter [email protected] Links & Sources: Tornillo: The Occupation on Facebook @NeverAgainActn on Twitter Never Again Action on Facebook Never Again Action Bail Fund on gofundme Movimiento Cosecha website @CosechaMovement on Twitter Movimiento Cosecha on Facebook Open Letter to Latinx Jews: Let Our People Go by the Jews of Color and Sephardi/Misrahi Caucus, In Partnership with Jewish Voice for Peace. @JOCSM4Pal Jews of Color and Sephardi/Mizrahi Caucus on Twitter "Cries of 'Black Lives Matter' in Israel after officer fatally shoots unarmed young man of Ethiopian Origin," by Noga Tarnopolsky in LA Times. "'They're killing our brothers': Why Ethiopians shut down Israel for a day," by Yael Marom and Oren Zvi in +972. "Violent protests erupt in Israel over police shooting of unarmed Ethiopian teen," by Alex Ward in Vox. "Violence erupts as Ethiopian Israelis protest treatment by police," by Batsheva Sobelman in LA Times.
