What was the Mink Brigade?
A. A group of Israeli nature activists who advocate for the re-flooding of the long-ago drained Kabbara Swamp in northern Israel, to encourage the restoration of native flora and fauna, including the near-extinct Canaan Mink.
B. From the Hebrew acronym, Maginim l'Nashot haKotel, Protectors of the Women of the Wall, this is a group of men who surround the women who want to pray at the Western Wall, to protect them from those who object to their presence.
C. A group of wealthy women, including Frances Perkins and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, who supported the (mostly Jewish) International Ladies' Garment Workers Union when they struck for better conditions in 1909.
D. A Jewish community from Minksk in Russia in the late 1800's who organized under the Minksker Rebbe to fight against anti-semitism from the neighboring gentile communities.
E. A militant animal rights group that pickets on the High Holidays outside synagogues in wealthy New York neighborhoods, protesting the manner of dress of the female attendees.
