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Saturday night, August 2nd is the Jewish fast day, “9th of Av.” The Fast of Av commemorates the ancient destructions of the ...
The minuscule artifact discovered at the Jerusalem-based Temple Mount Sifting Project may reference an official who worked ...
This Tisha b'Av, then, as we sadly commemorate the loss of the Temple in Jerusalem, we also take solace in knowing the story of Israel continues ...
From the days of the early halakhic authorities, Jewish communities refrained from eating meat and drinking wine during the ...
This Shabbat is called Shabbat Chazon, the Sabbath of vision. The name comes from the opening word of the Book of Isaiah ...
The earliest documented history of Spanish Jewry dates back at least 2,000 years to when the Romans destroyed the Second ...
Tisha B’Av is the one day on the Jewish calendar when the topic of the unrestrained hatred of other Jews (sinat khinam) should be central; because our sages say that both Jerusalem and the Second ...
Anyone touched by the Holocaust or the events of Oct. 7 has had their hearts broken apart. Tisha b'Av is but another opportunity to allow the tears of our inner Mikveh (Divine spiritual bath) to flow ...
Once a year on Tisha B’Av, the 9th day on the Jewish month of Av, we get together to read the Book of Lamentations and mourn the Temple’s destruction while praying that we very soon ...
Cleveland Guardians Vice President of Public Affairs Bob DiBiasio began his story about Carlos Baerga - who became the first ...
Amid pressure on Jewish institutions to reckon with ongoing war, clergy ask Israel to alleviate suffering in Gaza, employing ...
What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.