Today is the Jewish holiday of Tisha B'av, a day of mourning that Jews mark by fasting. Yet we are bombarded by reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran is about to attack. I thought attacking on holy days was off limits? Or does that not apply to Jews? Show more
An update. Israel is on alert for the attack. The US has sent ballistic missile submarine USS Georgia to the ME, and has ordered USS Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to move quickly to the area. It's a holiday in Israel today , ' Show more
On Tisha B'Av, Jews mourn the destruction of our holy Temple in Jerusalem, a tragedy driven by those who opposed our right to live freely in our homeland— Israel. Today, we stand against this baseless hate and commit to continue rebuilding all that has been destroyed. Show more
Good Morning X . As the holy Jewish fast day of ‘Tisha B’av’ is about to start and the dramatic moments and feelings that surround it , I am presenting the clear blue skies of TEL AVIV , my beloved city Show more
Tonight the Brighton Jewish community marked Tisha b’Av in public at the 7/10 memorial. Four stories of victims and survivors were told including of Ariel Zohar whose entire family were murdered. The community came together in grief and hope. Visible. Strong. Defiant. Sad. Show more
CAA wishes the Jewish community a meaningful Tisha B’Av and an easy fast. Today marks the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and other disasters to befall the Jewish people, from the biblical wanderings in the wilderness to the Holocaust. Show more
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Today is the saddest day as we are in Tisha B’Av where horrific things happened, and we mourn. Please take a second to read what it's all about Quote Natalie Z · Aug 6, 2022 Many associate Tisha B'av with just the destruction of the Temples but people forget the first Tisha B'av event. The sins of the spies sent to Canaan by Moses ahead of the 3m Israelites whom spoke bad about the holy land and thus we spent 40 years in the desert. THREAD 1/10
TISHA B'AV, the 9th of Av. The most solemn day in the Jewish calendar. This year TISHA B'AV has a special feeling and meaning to us, as we are still in the midst of war, our soldiers are fighting for our freedom, thousands of citizens are evacuated from their homes and 115 of our… Show more
There have been five reported incidents of Temple Mount activists attacking Parllestinians in the Old City. It's Tisha b'Av, commemorating the destruction of the Temple. But for the settlers, this has nothing to do with a sacred day. It's all ultra-nationalist triumphalism . Show more
Tisha B'Av (Hebrew: תשעה באב) is a day of fasting and mourning to remembers many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people. The main tragedies are the destruction of the first holy temple in Jerusalem (by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E.) and the second holy temple (by the Romans in 70 C.E.).