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Tisha B'Av
The Roman legions who eventually destroyed The Temple waited to attack until while internal division weakened the Jews.
September 11, 2024, 11:21 am
‘Legend of Destruction’ Carries Modern & Ancient Message
Tale of divisions between Jews that led to the destruction of The Temple 2,000 years ago carries a modern warning.
By Bob Bahr
July 31, 2024, 10:14 am
Beth Shalom to Host Film Screening & Discussion
“A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” will be screened with a panel discussion to follow on Aug. 12 at Congregation Beth Shalom.
By Compiled by AJT staff
A protester stands in front of a police water cannon being used to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against moves by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 26, 2023, 10:29 am
Chasm in Israel Widens
Hundreds of thousands of protesters, including military reservists, bring country to standstill.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Rabbi Ruth
August 11, 2022, 12:41 pm
Between Loss and Love
The Jewish month of Av, which, this year overlaps with August, begins by heightening our sense of collective loss.
By Rabbi Ruth
Nick Cannon, left, reviewed the book about anti-Semitism that Bari Weiss, right, published in 2019. (Amanda Edwards/Getty Images, Josefin Dolsten via JTA)
August 3, 2020, 6:31 am
After Tisha B’Av fast, Nick Cannon Reviews Bari Weiss’ Anti-Semitism Book
Says it was ‘an insightful and powerful read’; since making offensive comments, TV star has met with Jewish leaders and offered a ‘sincere apology’.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Dr. Terry Segal
July 31, 2020, 6:21 am
Balancing Grief and Hope
Av sparks grief, anger and passion in this fiery month of emotions that swings from the lowest point of mourning to the highest day of love.
By Terry Segal
Rabbi David Geffen
July 28, 2020, 6:31 pm
Tisha B’Av in the Modern Age
Holiday evokes memories of Boy Scouts at Camp Blue Star and a historic encounter with Napolean. Meanwhile, the pandemic offers current expression of loss and hope.
By Rabbi David Geffen
Deborah Lipstadt’s talk came two years to the day after the deadly racist and anti-Semitic events in Charlottesville, Va.
August 14, 2019, 10:52 am
Lipstadt Lectures on Anti-Semitism on Tisha B’Av
Deborah Lipstadt, the distinguished Holocaust scholar, spoke this week to discuss anti-Semitism and the new forms it can take.
By Bob Bahr
Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by Francesco Hayez.
July 31, 2019, 3:43 pm
Recalling Our Two Temples of Old
There was a time in the 1940s and 1950s when Tisha B’Av was almost unknown.
By Rabbi David Geffen
The Marcus JCC held a retrospective showing of Eugen Schoenfeld’s photos last year.
February 20, 2019, 2:49 pm
Eugen Schoenfeld Reflects on a Long Life
A Holocaust survivor, Schoenfeld, recently discussed his ideas about Judaism and what he has learned in his long life.
By Bob Bahr
Flavius Josephus, born Joseph ben Mattathias in 37 C.E., studied Jewish law and wrote the "Antiquities of the Jews," a 20-volume historiographical work.
August 3, 2018, 7:03 am
Time To Stop Dwelling in the Past
We, the Diaspora Jews, have become a people committed to the past.
By Eugen Schoenfeld
Cantor Nancy Kassel (second from left) joins Rabbis Daniel Dorsch, Spike Anderson, Jordan Ottenstein, Max Miller, Rachael Miller, Shalom Lewis, Alexandria Shuval-Weiner and Jason Holtz at Tisha B'Av unity service at Congregation Etz Chaim. (Photos by Roni Robbins)
July 26, 2018, 7:05 am
Fighting “Baseless Hatred” with Unity
Six synagogues gathered together to commemorate Tisha B'Av and discuss recent infighting between Jews in Israel. 
By Roni Robbins
Historic Tisha B'Av painting depicting the Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem. (By Francesco Hayez)
July 25, 2018, 6:51 pm
Tisha B’Av 5718 in Israel
On Tisha B’Av in Israel we mourned because we realize that “baseless hatred” is very much alive here.
By Rabbi David Geffen
The Western Wall in 1898 with some stones containing writings in Hebrew, believed to be the work of visitors who wanted to commemorate their names upon the wall.
July 18, 2018, 3:21 pm
The ‘Fall of Zion’ in 19th Century Israel
Reflecting on Tisha B'av through the words of author and Zionist Isaiah Raffalovich.
By Rabbi David Geffen
After immigrating to the United States from Shiraz, Iran, Rabbi Yehuda Boroosan relied on age-old customs and traditions to preserve his identity as a Persian Jew.
August 15, 2017, 2:28 pm
3 Congregations Unite to Focus on Survival
Personal reflections and stories of survival and escape highlight Tisha B'av.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
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