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Tag : Tisha b’Av
July 28, 2020 by admin
Why We’re Doing Public Teshuvah to Fight White Supremacy
Photo by Hannah Roodman
Heading to Grand Army Plaza at 7:20 pm. Seeing a group start to gather, forming a circle. Picking up the protest sign that speaks to me from the middle of the circle. Finding a place in the circle to stand and hold up the sign. Stepping into the center to share what aspect of systemic racism I am mourning that day. Or, stepping into the circle to confess how I myself have participated in and perpetuated racism and anti-Blackness. Actively listening. Turning my body East at 8:00 pm. Blowing the shofar for one long breath. Hearing those around me cry out to the Heavens. Standing silently for a moment. Turning back to face the circle. Stepping into the circle again, this time to share a specific way that I will be actively anti-racist moving forward —my commitment to this community. Actively listening. Putting the protest sign back in the middle of the circle. Saying hello to friends and community members. Returning home.
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October 3, 2018 by admin
Yael Dayan at A Rally in Tel Aviv for LGBT Surrogacy
For most of the years of my life, I was myself among the groundbreakers and the defenders of your rights, and today I have come to ask of you all not to be egotists. To this giant crowd: Please join a part of my struggle that I believe is all of ours.
Today is the eve of Tisha b’Av: [mourning] the destruction of the First Temple, the destruction of the Second Temple. I am calling us now to prevent the destruction of the Third Temple. The Third Temple is not in the messianic future, it is not on the Temple Mount, it is not in the Western Wall with texts to God. The Third Temple is the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel.
-Yael Dayan Addressed a July Rally in Tel Aviv, Held to Protest an Israeli Law Banning Pregnancy Surrogacy for Single Men
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