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Jews pray at Meron on the eve of Tisha B'Av, on Aug. 10, 2019. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

OU’s 20th annual Tisha B’Av program to address recent Jewish tragedies

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The 20th annual Tisha B’Av program on July 18 sponsored by the Orthodox Union will not only focus on traditional themes surrounding the destruction of the First and Second Temples, as well as other...
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The Jewish world commemorates Tisha B’av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar

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The Jewish world will commemorate Tisha Beav, the saddest day on the Hebrew calendar due to the misfortunes and calamities that have occurred throughout its millennial history. The Mishnah, in the treaty Taanit (fasting) chapter...
The online Torah lesson organized by Yeshivat HaKotel. Photo: Yeshivat HaKotel.

More than 100,000 viewers worldwide tune in to online Torah event

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More than 100,000 viewers worldwide tuned into a series of online lessons hosted this week by Yeshivat HaKotel, a major religious Zionist hesder yeshivah located across from the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. Dubbed the “Jewish...
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up during the “Rebuilding of America’s Infrastructure: Faster, Better, Stronger” event on July 15, 2020, at the UPS Hapeville Airport Hub in Atlanta. Credit: Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House.

On Tisha B’Av, it’s time for Americans to step back from apocalyptic rhetoric

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Americans are experiencing a summer of discontent in a way that exceeds any in living memory. The nation is divided not just along political lines but seems increasingly immersed in something much dangerous—a culture...
Jewish men pray outside a synagogue in Beitar Illit, Israel, on July 9, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Israel to relax synagogue attendance restrictions ahead of Tisha B’Av, say ministers

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Israel’s Health Ministry will increase the number of worshippers permitted in synagogues ahead of Tisha B’Av, which begins on Wednesday evening, the heads of the ultra-Orthodox political parties announced on Monday. The current limit...
Image from the film “Hidden,” about Jewish children who survived World War II and the Holocaust. Credit: The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus.

Holocaust center to present Tisha B’Av film screening, survivor interview

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The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills, Mich., will hold a virtual event and film screening of the documentary “Hidden” on July 30, along with an interview with Holocaust survivor Miriam Ferber. The event is timed...
Jewish men pray at the Kotel, the Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem on June 21, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Mourning in 2020: Tisha B’Av spotlights losses old and new

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This year Jews the world over got into the Tisha B’Av mood several months earlier than usual. During a typical summer, Jewish families and individuals tear themselves away from family vacations, beach outings, amusement parks...
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Memories of a Tisha B’Avs past

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I am writing this on a long, lazy Tisha B’Av afternoon. The sky is brilliant blue and a gentle breeze is beckoning me outside to get on my bike. No, not today. I must...
Jerusalem District Police Commander Doron Yedid speaks with media at the Mughrabi Bridge in the Old City of Jerusalem after clashes broke out on the Temple Mount, on August 11, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Arab countries blast Israel over Tisha B’Av Temple Mount clashes

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Voices from across the Arab and Muslim world expressed outrage Sunday in the wake of violent clashes between Muslim worshippers and Israeli security forces on Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Tisha B’Av, which this...
Thousands of Muslim worshippers confront Israeli police on the Temple Mount in protest against Jews assembling to enter the site for Tisha B'Av, a holiday marking the destruction of the two Temples. Aug. 11, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Record number of Jews visit Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, despite riots

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Riots erupted on the Temple Mount on Sunday, as Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha (“Festival of Sacrifice”) attempted to prevent Jews from entering. Police ultimately pushed back against the protesters to allow a record-breaking number...