Posts Tagged: Tisha B’Av
Tish’a B’Av — The Ninth of Av: Who Needs the Temple?
One of the most puzzling elements of Jewish tradition is the institution of the Temple and its sacrificial rites. Although the Temple served many purposes,...
Documentary on Wounded Israeli Vets Screens for PTSD Awareness Day, Tisha B’Av
JNS.org - The latest film produced by Jerusalem U, “When the Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope,” will be screened in 50 Jewish communities...
Palestinian Media: Jews Desecrated a Muslim Site by Visiting Western Wall on Tisha B’Av
JNS.org - The official news agency of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Wafa, said Jews visiting the Western Wall during Tuesday’s Tisha B’Av fast “desecrated” a Muslim...
Record Number of Jews Ascend Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av
JNS.org - More than 1,000 Jews ascended the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday during the fast of Tisha B’Av, to commemorate...
On Third Anniversary of His Death in Gaza, Mother of Fallen Israeli Soldier Whose Body Is Still Being Held by Hamas Urges Jews Around World to Join Effort to Bring Her Son Home
Tuesday marked the third anniversary of the death of Lt. Hadar Goldin -- an IDF soldier who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip during...
Ahead of Tisha B’Av, Israeli President Issues Call for Jewish Unity
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin issued a call for Jewish unity on Monday at a pre-Tisha B’Av Torah study session he hosted at his residence in...
Ahead of Tisha B’Av, Evidence of Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem Unearthed
JNS.org - In the week leading up to the Jewish fast of Tisha B’Av, which mourns the destruction of both Jewish Temples in Jerusalem, evidence of...
Afterthoughts on Tisha B’av
I must confess that this year’s Tisha B'av, a few days ago, was the first time in 54 years (since I was 16) that I...
Baseless Israeli Self-Hatred
On the eve of Tisha B'Av, which marks the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians and the Second Temple by the Romans, most...
Lamentation Postscript
The lamentations of Tisha b’Av, commemorating the destruction of the ancient Temples, have concluded. Solomon’s Temple, built in the 10th century BCE, was destroyed by...
Tisha B’Av and the Nature of Evil
The period of mourning for the destruction of our two Jerusalem temples does not seem to fit with the idea that Judaism is underpinned by...
Mourning the Temple
The Temple has been the most significant building in Jewish history. The Fast of Av commemorates two occasions when it, Jerusalem and the Jewish state...
Israel is the Jewish Melting Pot
JNS.org - The joyous, momentous welcoming ceremony for the new immigrants at Ben Gurion Airport was only the beginning of my aliyah day. We stayed...
As Jews Mourn Destruction of Temples, Palestinian Authority Denies They Ever Existed
As Jews around the world mourned the destruction of the ancient Jewish temples on Sunday with the observance of Tisha B'Av, Palestinian Minister of Religious...
