Tisha B’Av
How a grudge destroyed Jerusalem: a Tisha B’Av reflection
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 27, 2023
How much anger can you carry within your soul? Don't even try.
Tisha B’Av is Jews’ day to lament destruction. It’s also a call to action.
By Jonah Dov Pesner and Jennie Rosenn — July 26, 2023
(RNS) — In the wake of the Jerusalem temple’s destruction, Jews mourned but didn’t give in to despair.
Mourning temples’ demise on Tisha B’Av, some Jews see parallels to Israel’s democracy
By Yonat Shimron — July 25, 2023
(RNS) — Many American Jews are in mourning not only for the temples, but, they say, for Israeli democracy, which has been badly tarnished.
When in Rome, try the gelato (with a side of Jewish history)
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 19, 2023
It was a hot, sweaty day in Rome. I stood face to face with an ancient enemy.
What happened on the 10th of Av? Judaism was rebooted.
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 9, 2022
(RNS) — Are American Jews in a new Yavneh? Or, something better?
Why we still need Tisha B’Av
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 5, 2022
(RNS) — What would happen if America could name its national sins?
On Tisha B’av, the meaning of Tree of Life revealed
By Beth Kissileff — July 23, 2021
(RNS) — Some ideas for the architect who will rebuild the site of the Pittsburgh massacre.
Israeli police clash with protesters to clear Al-Aqsa complex for Tisha b’av worshippers
By Daoud Kuttab — July 18, 2021
(RNS) — The Israeli action violates the 1994 peace treaty between Jordan and Israel, the Jordanian foreign ministry said.
This Tisha B’Av, American Jews use the day of lament to cry out to God for Black lives
By Yonat Shimron — July 29, 2020
(RNS) — A group of Jews has been gathering daily at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza to lament injustices against Black Americans. It will culminate Thursday (July 30), on Tisha B’Av, the Jewish day of mourning for the Jerusalem Temple.
Tisha B’Av takes on new meaning as activists plan immigration vigils across US
By Yonat Shimron — August 9, 2019
(RNS) — Some 50 vigils across the US are intended to pair the passions many Jews feel about immigration with an ancient day of mourning that most Jews skip over.
America needs a holiday of self-reflection
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 7, 2019
Americans can learn from the Jews: turn inward, and ask hard questions.
Yes, I kissed the Western Wall
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 30, 2017
JERUSALEM (RNS ) — The Western Wall still moves me. Call me sentimental.
Why a 2,500-year-old Hebrew poem still matters
By David W. Stowe — July 29, 2017
(The Conversation) Psalm 137, remembered on Tisha B'av, has long served as an uplifting historical analogy for a variety of oppressed and subjugated groups, including African-Americans.
Arab parliament member denies Jewish claim to Temple Mount, sparking Israeli outrage
By Michele Chabin — July 27, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) The remarks by Parliament member Masud Ganaim of the Joint (Arab) List political party came a day after clashes between masked Muslim rioters and Israeli police marred the holy Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av.
Tisha B’Av: An unloved Jewish holiday gets a makeover
By Lauren Markoe — July 12, 2013
(RNS) Tisha B’Av, many rabbis say, can be a hard holiday to sell, with its commemoration of the most depressing events of Jewish history. But many of those same rabbis are trying to revive interest in Tisha B'Av, with new rituals and practices to which modern, nontraditional Jews can better relate.
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