Protesters in Manhattan sat down across an avenue, blocking cars and trucks, in a display the rabbinical group’s leader said was meant to show that many Jews opposed the travel ban.
Rabbis affiliated with T’ruah, a liberal Jewish group, were arrested during a demonstration in front of Trump International Hotel and Tower on Monday.
On one hand I’m happy for the Jewish solidarity on the other hand I am enraged and very very sad.
Also: 18. Not “About 20”. 18. I saw this on Twitter; I’m a goy and I don’t know the Hebrew names of numbers. But 18 is a significant number, because its name is a homonym for the word “life”. 18 is symbolic. The headline indicates that the reporter missed the point, and what’s worse, means that the point didn’t come across. 18 rabbis.
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