The Tisha B’Av night procession of the Women in Green movement took place on Wednesday night under the coronavirus restrictions, with only fifty marchers allowed to participate, Kipa reported. The ...

New liturgies and practices are emerging for the holiday, the first that Orthodox Jews will be able to observe via livestream. (JTA) — For many observant Jews, the mourning over the destruction of the ...

Without negative associations or oversimplifications to overcome, we can reimagine how we teach about the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. PALO ALTO, Calif. (JTA) — As a child, I always looked ...

(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 ...

During the evening of the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, we gather in front of the courthouse downtown. All of us wear black. Many are fasting. Carolina Jews for Justice has organized a service ...

Tisha B’Av is a difficult day. It’s a day of fasting and sadness when we are supposed to feel the loss of the Beit Hamikdash. Yet, it’s a day that is hard to relate to as I never experienced life with ...

Nearly three weeks ago, I wrote of the saddest period in the annual Jewish calendar. This Saturday night and Sunday will mark the apex of tragedy. It is the Ninth Day of the Hebrew month of Av — ...

Photo courtesy of Doni Cohen. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, as we remembered Zion. This year, we sit on the curbs of our sidewalks, on the streets of our land, instead of on the ...

President Isaac Herzog on Friday issued a stark warning to the government not to inflame national tensions and reiterated his opposition to its efforts to dismiss Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.

(JTA) — For many observant Jews, the mourning over the destruction of the two ancient Temples in Jerusalem on the fast of Tisha B’Av actually begins three weeks earlier with the onset of a period of ...