Tisha B'Av

Over 1,000 days have passed since October 7, mourning feels 'harder than before' - opinion

Judaism asks us to sit shiva for seven days. Friends fill the house. Meals appear at the door. We are commanded not to grieve alone. But no tradition tells us what happens after the thousandth day.

 LIOR BEN YAAKOV with his wife, Revital, and their children on a family trip to Vienna a year before the war. After his army service, Lior had worked as a security guard for the Viennese Jewish community for a year and a half, dreaming of taking his kids there one day. ‘We’re lucky we managed to do
THEODOR HERZL, the solution appeared straightforward. Pictured: Theodor Herzl’s portrait on the 100-lira note (preceding the shekel), 1965

The sky is no longer silent: Antisemitism persists, but Jews are no longer defenseless - opinion

GRAPES GROW in the Tali Vineyard in Moshav Lachish.

Parashat Ki Tavo: The basket of first fruits

 "Jeremiah seated in the ruins of Jerusalem," Eduard Bendemann, 1837.

Leading with libel: Tisha B'Av and the global attack on Israel - opinion


Being able to hear criticism is crucial to the repentance process

Our minds are wired to reject or deflect negative feedback.

‘THE DESTRUCTION of the Temple of Jerusalem,’ Francesco Hayez, 1867

In shadow of Hayun questioning, Rivlin holds Tisha Be’av study session

Each of the scholars chose a different subject related in one way or another to Tisha Be’av.

Reuven Rivlin

Finding a new meaning in an old date on the Jewish-Israeli calendar

This year, let’s take to the streets to fight together against prejudice, bigotry, racism and xenophobia.

Men pray at the Western Wall, Tisha B'av, 2018

Large number of Israelis fast on Tisha Be'av, poll finds

The findings come from a new study by Professor Camil Fuchs for the Jewish People Policy Institute and was published ahead of Tisha Be’Av which falls on Saturday night and Sunday.

The western wall male side on Tisha B'av, 2018

Rabbi Dubi Hayun didn’t mean to steal the show

Conservative Rabbi Dubi Hayun, who was questioned about performing a wedding without having registered it with the Chief Rabbinate's office, attended the fourth annual pre-Tisha Be’Av study session.

President Reuven Rivlin visits Herzog College for 929 study program

Halacha Matters: The power of memory

The idea of God suffering along with His people despite His own Divine decree to unleash such devastation onto the world is a prominent one.

Bust of the emperor Titus, from Utica (Tunisia), about 70-81 CE, British Museum

In Plain Language: Between compromise and capitulation

Some crusades, high-minded and sweet-smelling as they may appear to be, may bring more harm than healing to the public welfare.

BIRKAT KOHANIM at the Western Wall

A glimmer of hope in the LGBT Pride Parade murder memorial

Tisha Be’av in Memory of Shira Banki, the teen murdered at the 2015 Pride Parade, casts the sad day in a new, hopeful light.

Rabbi Benny Lau sits at the center of a previous Meeting Place gathering in Zion Square

Palestinians condemn 'Women in Green' Ninth of Av march

The Palestinian Authority called on the international community "to hold Israel accountable for its aggressive and provocative practices."

Rabbi Eli Sadan, left, and marching with students outside the Old City in Jerusalem

Tears and laughter

Tisha Be’av is often termed “the black fast,” as opposed to Yom Kippur which is “the white fast.” Indeed, the only thing they share in common is the fasting.

‘THE DESTRUCTION of the Temple of Jerusalem,’ Francesco Hayez, 1867