Writing your own kinah, or dirge, could help forge a more intimate connection with Tisha B’Av, the fast day that commemorates a series of tragic events in Jewish history.
Hundreds of activists flooded the small town of Postville, Iowa, in what some young demonstrators described as an effort to show their Jewish-based commitment to helping immigrants and workers.
At congressional hearings last week, witnesses criticized several federal agencies over the immigration raid on the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa.