I have been to many demonstrations at Palo Alto City Hall. But there was something special about the one I attended on Aug. 11 alongside 280 people, most of them Jews.
We came at the suggestion of T’ruah: Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, which urged Jewish communities around the country to organize pro-immigrant vigils on Tisha B’Av. The Ninth of Av is a day of mourning for our experiences of persecution, exile and genocide over 2,500 years. The day is traditionally spent fasting, in mourning and chanting sacred laments.
