Tisha B’av, the 9th day of the month of Av on the Hebrew calendar, is historically a day of mourning for the Jewish community, on which a large number of disasters that befell Jewish communities across time and across the globe are remembered, including the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. 

Join us this year for a Building Bridges Tisha B’Av when members of All Souls Episcopal Parish, Congregation Beth El and St. Paul AME Church will come together to reflect on the themes of the holiday of Tisha B’Av. Our focus will be the experience of being discriminated against, persecuted and oppressed because of some aspect of our identities - either as individuals or as members of a group - as we continue to build relationships across these identities and stand together against these forms of discrimination, persecution, and oppression. The Book of Lamentations will be our shared text, some of which we will read and discuss, and other parts we will hear chanted in Hebrew. Whether you’ve participated in Building Bridges programming from the beginning or this will be your first, we hope you’ll join us to add your voice and your story and to witness the stories of others.

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