Yesterday evening all the campers took a few hours to observe Tisha B'av. Tisha B'av commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temple, which led to the diaspora of the Jewish people. Our Jewish Programmer, Gabe, led an evening ceremony in the dining hall which involved discussion, song leading, readings, and candle lighting with the whole camp. Besides commemorating Tisha B'av by memorilizing the lost, an important message of the evening was that, particularly during the current turmoil in the Middle East, it's within our own power as individuals and as a community to prevent travesty and create solidarity with Jewish people everywhere.