On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 3, to commemorate the observance of Tisha B’Av, local Jewish communities and their partners will gather in downtown Baltimore at Hopkins Plaza, in front of the George H. Fallon Federal Building, to demonstrate collective resistance to the ongoing attacks against immigrant communities in Maryland.

Tisha B’Av is the annual Jewish day of mourning for calamities that have befallen the Jewish people throughout history.

Presented by Jews United for Justice, the program will will include a mincha afternoon prayer service, learning about concrete ways to support immigrants in the fight against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other activities

The program will be held outdoors, rain or shine.  This action is being co-sponsored by the following congregations and organizations:

• Jews United for Justice

• Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation

• Am Kolel

• Baltimore Jewish Cultural Havurah

• Beth Am Synagogue

• BHC Justice

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• Bolton Street Synagogue

• Chevrei Tzedek Congregation

• Chizuk Amuno Social Justice Advocacy

• East Bank Havurah

• Har Sinai Oheb Shalom

• Hinenu Baltimore

• Kol HaLev

• New Synagogue Project

• Oseh Shalom

“On Tisha B’Av, we are overcome by the brokenness of a world not yet made whole,” said Rabbi Tyler of Beth Am Synagogue in Baltimore, who will help lead the Tisha B’Av service. “This year, as our friends, colleagues, and neighbors are kidnaped off the streets, we feel the intensity of that rupture. We fervently pray that God will witness our tears and hear our cries, that we may stand up from this moment and mobilize into action.”

To be a co-sponsor, email Rachel Kutler (rachel.kutler@jufj.org). For information, visit jufj.org/event/iceout