Tisha B’Av

Ideas

We need to talk about Israel. Tisha B’Av’s central text suggests ‘how.’

Turmoil in Israel demands a more honest conversation among American Jews, writes an activist for Muslim-Jewish dialogue.

By Andrea Hodos July 26, 2023 2:40 pm

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Opponents of Israel’s judicial overhaul see parallels in Tisha B’Av, this week’s Jewish day of mourning

As the fast day approaches, some protesters of the recent law weakening the judiciary fear that it could lead to another catastrophe.

July 26, 2023 9:08 am

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Jews and Muslims are fasting next week. Let’s hold the interfaith activities another time.

On this Tisha B’Av and Ashura, Muslims and Jews committed to interfaith work should grieve separately, writes an American Jewish Committee official.

August 5, 2022 1:57 pm

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

By Penina Beede July 29, 2020 12:02 pm

Coronavirus patients should not fast on Tisha B’Av, Israel’s chief rabbi says

By Marcy Oster July 28, 2020 3:04 pm

Jews allowed to visit Temple Mount on Tisha b’Av after initial ban

By Marcy Oster August 11, 2019 8:08 am

Ideas

He posed as a righteous Jewish convert for 19 years. Then he wrote a 2,000-page anti-Semitic screed.

By Henry Abramson August 6, 2019 11:58 am

Israeli chess prodigy sits out championships set on Yom Kippur, Tisha b’Av

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 2, 2019 8:49 am

Jordan complains after hundreds of Jews visit the Temple Mount for Tisha B’Av

July 22, 2018 11:48 am

Tisha b’Av is just another day for over half of Israelis

July 20, 2018 11:12 am

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