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

[Mc Mike]

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.

[Gothmog]

1. Thank you for your report

[Mc Mike]

2. Sure thing, G. Thanks for the re. Nt

[Gothmog]

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

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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]

4. Thanks for the info update, G.

I haven't checked my e-mail to see if there was an after action report on this. More than 60 locations. Good for the country.

[Gothmog]

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

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[Mc Mike]

6. My union may be the owners of the property that ICE is in.

Landlords. I favor threatening a picket of them if that ownership can be established, to Evict ICE.

The ICE bldg is next to my union's parking lot, and the local got a lot of land and money to build that new hall, in exchange for selling their old hall's property on the new Pirate's stadium site.

[Mc Mike]

8. Can't establish ownership, it's an LLC listed as property owner, on the assessor's office website.

EGP 3000 Pittsburgh LLC. The bldg address is 3000 Sidney St.

[Gothmog]

7. From my twitter feed

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