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Tisha B’Av

Jews gather at the Wall Western in Jerusalem
Posted inIsrael

Israelis lament divides, and cling to them, as they mark a holiday about the toll of disunity

by Deborah Danan August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

(JTA) — Two days before Tisha B’Av, the Israeli scholar Tomer Persico warned that the country was facing another destruction of Jerusalem, this time of its “moral and religious core” […]

Left: "The Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867. Right: US Navy photo by Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl.
Posted inOpinion

I lost my family home in a fire. Tisha B’Av is a chance to mourn many losses.

Samantha Grant (Photo/Sarah Deragon) by Samantha Grant July 26, 2023July 26, 2023
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
Posted inTisha B'Av

Considering the state of America this Tisha B’Av, as we mourn ancient destruction

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 5, 2022August 3, 2022
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
Posted inTorah

How this week’s cries of woe lead us to greater insight

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon July 16, 2021July 15, 2021
Young women dancing on Tu B'Av on Kibbutz Ein Hashofet, 1944. (Photo/Ein Hashofet archive)
Posted inTu B'Av

Horoscopes for month of Av: Destroying hypocrisy, creating harmony

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude July 9, 2021
four women in scrubs pray on a rooftop
Posted inReligion

A holiday marking one societal rupture, Tisha B’Av spurs Jewish creativity amid another

by Penina Beede and JTA July 29, 2020
Reading mournful texts in the dark is a Tisha B'Av tradition. (Photo/JTA-Yaakov Lederman-Flash90)
Posted inTisha B'Av

Most Jews don’t know much about Tisha B’Av. That gives us educators a huge opportunity.

Tova Birnbaum by Tova Birnbaum July 28, 2020July 28, 2020
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
Posted inColumns

Month of Av: How can this summer get any worse?

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude July 27, 2020
a clay-red plate with two skewers of beef cubes and one skewer of colorful small tomatoes
Posted inTisha B'Av

Recipes for Av: Tofu skewers for mourning, smoky beef kebabs for love

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer July 14, 2020July 20, 2020
The prophet Isaiah by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

To see clearly, seek comfort in community

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan August 16, 2019August 15, 2019

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