Tag: Tisha B’Av
On Tisha B’Av, it’s time for Americans to step back from apocalyptic rhetoric
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...
Israel to relax synagogue attendance restrictions ahead of Tisha B’Av, say ministers
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...
Holocaust center to present Tisha B’Av film screening, survivor interview
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...
Mourning in 2020: Tisha B’Av spotlights losses old and new
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...
Memories of a Tisha B’Avs past
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...
Arab countries blast Israel over Tisha B’Av Temple Mount clashes
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...
Record number of Jews visit Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, despite riots
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...
Tisha B’Av has a message for a divided, troubled America
It’s the important date in the Jewish calendar that most American Jews ignore. Tisha B’Av is the annual fast day that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It’s also...
Tisha B’Av 101: Connecting the dots of Jewish memory
Memory and imagination: The two keys that unlock the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av.
In fact Tisha B’Av, a holiday many Jews are unfamiliar with, is all about memory, the collective memory of the Jewish...
Despite Palestinian ire, 2,000 Jews march around Old City Jerusalem for Tisha B’Av
Some 2,000 people took part in the Women in Green organization’s 24th annual “Walk Around the Old City,” in honor of the Tisha B’Av holiday on Sunday, despite calls on the international community by...